Chocolate Candy Cake

• Ready In: 1 hr 7 mins
• Serves: 8-10

Ingredients

• 2  cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 4  teaspoons  cocoa
• 2  cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup water
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup margarine or 1  cup butter

• Chocolate Candy Icing

• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 3  cups powdered sugar
• 4  teaspoons  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 5  teaspoons milk
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped  nuts, optional

Directions

1. Combine flour, sugar, and soda, combine water, margarine, and cocoa and bring to a full boil over medium heat.
2. Stir cocoa mixture slowly into flour mixture, add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla.
3. Stir until well blended and pour into a greased 13 x 8 x 2 inch pan.
4. Bake at 350 degree oven for about 35 minutes.
5. Chocolate Candy Icing: Combine margarine, cocoa, and mik and bring to a boil.
6. Add sugar, stir occasionally and cook 2 minutes over medium heat.
7. (Over stirring will cause icing to be sugary).
8. Remove from heat, add vanilla and nuts.
9. Cool icing a few minutes but pour on cake before icing becomes too thick.