Cocoa Fudge Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, salted
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• frosting
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 one pound box confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat over to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour 9 x 13 inch pan.
• 3 combine sugar and flour.
• 4 put butter, water and cocoa powder in a sauce pan, bring to boil, then combine with sugar and flour mixture.
• 5 whisk milk, vanilla, baking soda and eggs together, then add to the rest of the mixed ingredients.
• 6 bake for 20-25 minutes, when the cake starts to shrink away from the sides of the pan it is done.
• 7 make frosting 5 minutes before the cake is supposed to come out of the over so it will be ready to frost at the right time.
• 8 for frosting:.
• 9 place butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
• 10 remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
• 11 stir in the powdered sugar, 1/2 a cup at a time until the frostign is thickened but pourable.
• 12 pour over the hot cake.
• 13 alternative frosting if you want to frost when the cake is cooled:.
• 14 1/2 cup butter, salted.
• 15 1 cup sugar.
• 16 1/3 cup cream.
• 17 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
• 18 1 tsp vanilla.
• 19 bring butter, sugar and cream to boil in a saucepan. lower heat to medium and cook for 2 minutes.
• 20 add in chocolate chips and stir until chips are melted.
• 21 remove from heat and add vanilla.
• 22 pour over cake.