Texas Tea Cake

Texas Tea Cake

History: I used to make this for my children when they were young. My oldest daughter recently requested that her mother-in-law make this cake for her college graduation. I like to think that she loved it because she used to have it when she was little. Warning this is not for health food nuts.
Ingredients:

• 2 sticks margarine
• 4 Tbsp cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs

Directions:

1. Bring margarine, cocoa and water to a boil.
2. Add flour and sugar. Stir.
3. Add buttermilk, baking soda, cinnamon, vanilla, and eggs.
4. Mix well and pour in greased sheet cake pan. Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees.

Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 box (1 pound) confectioners' sugar, sifted (4 1/4 cups sifted)
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla

For frosting, combine butter, cocoa, and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients and mix well with electric mixer. Spread over the hot sheet cake then sprinkle with chopped pecans.