Cocoa Fudge Cake

DIRECTIONS

• preheat over to 350 degrees.
• grease and flour 9 x 13 inch pan.
• combine sugar and flour.
• put butter, water and cocoa powder in a sauce pan, bring to boil, then combine with sugar and flour mixture.
• whisk milk, vanilla, baking soda and eggs together, then add to the rest of the mixed ingredients.
• bake for 20-25 minutes, when the cake starts to shrink away from the sides of the pan it is done.
• 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.
• for frosting:
• place butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan, bring to a boil.
• remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
• stir in the powdered sugar, 1/2 a cup at a time until the frostign is thickened but pourable.
• Pour over the hot cake.
• alternative frosting if you want to frost when the cake is cooled:
• 1/2 cup butter, salted.
• 1 cup white sugar.
• 1/3 cup cream.
• 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
• 1 tsp vanilla.
• bring butter, sugar and cream to boil in a saucepan. Lower heat to medium and cook for 2 minutes.
• add in chocolate chips and stir until chips are melted.
• remove from heat and add vanilla.
• pour over cake.