Best ever chocolate cake

Name: Best ever chocolate cake
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup AP flour; 2 cup sugar; 1/4 tsp salt; 4 tbsp heaping cocoa; 2 stick butter; 1 cup boiling water; 1/2 cup buttermilk; 2 eggs beaten; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 frosting recipe; 1 stick butter; 1 1/2 cup sugar; 1/2 cup cocoa; 1/2 cup milk; 1 tsp vanilla; 1 chopped pecans for garnishment

barbie46 @cook_3105928

This cake and icing was my moms recipe. It is outstanding.

barbie46 @cook_3105928

This cake and icing was my moms recipe. It is outstanding.

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Ingredients

2 cupAP flour
2 cupsugar
1/4 tspsalt
4 tbspheaping cocoa
2 stickbutter
1 cupboiling water
1/2 cupbuttermilk
2eggs beaten
1 tspbaking soda
1 tspvanilla
1frosting recipe
1 stickbutter
1 1/2 cupsugar
1/2 cupcocoa
1/2 cupmilk
1 tspvanilla
1chopped pecans for garnishment

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Steps

1

Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare a 18x13 baking sheet with cooking spray and parchment paper
2

In a mixing bowl combine flour, sugar and salt.
3

In a sauce pan melt butter and add cocoa. Stir together.
4

Add boiling water and allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds. Turn off heat and pour over flour mixture and stir lightly to cool
5

In a measuring cup pour buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda and vanilla. Stir the mixture and pour into batter. Mix well and pour into prepared baking pan and bake for 20 minutes
6

For the frosting melt butter and add remaining ingredients except vanilla extract. Bring to boil and boil for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Set aside and stir occasionally until frosting has cooled. Stir with mixer until desired consistency. Spread on cooled cake and garnish with chopped pecans