Mema's Classic Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

My Mema didn't cook many things very well, but she had her few recipe's that she's perfected over the years, this being one of them. She was a southern girl born and raised in Texas and this recipe I believe, was her mother's, mother's. This is a melt in your mouth, classic chocolate sheet cake. If you have a sweet tooth, this recipe will melt you! Hope you enjoy :) Prep and cook time guesstimated.

• Ready In: 35 mins
• Serves: 16
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• for the cake

• Dry Ingredients

• 2  cups sugar
• 2  cups flour
• 1  cup margarine
• 3 1⁄2 tablespoons  cocoa
• 1  cup water
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  teaspoon baking soda

• Frosting

• 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 3 1⁄2 tablespoons  cocoa
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1 (12 ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. For the cake:
2. 1) In large bowl mix sugar and flour. Set aside.
3. 2) In saucepan bring to boil margarine, cocoa and water. Mix well.
4. 3) Pour over dry ingredients and add eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and baking soda. Mix very well!
5. 4) pour into greased pan and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
6. For the frosting:
7. 1) In saucepan bring to boil margarine, cocoa, and milk.
8. 2) Mix in powdered sugar and vanilla, boil slightly then set aside to cool.
9. 3) After cake cools slightly (still warm though) pour frosting over cake :) eat and enjoy!