Texas Fudge Cake

I found this recipe over at Cookie Baker Lynn's site and it is one delicious chocolate cake! Thank you Lynn for this recipe! The best thing about this cake is that most, if not all of the ingredients are things we all keep in our pantries. No going out and buying an ingredient that we use only once or twice and end up throwing away. I can't stand that and have done that countless times. This is my kind of recipe. My son had asked if I could make a chocolate cake and since we all love chocolate here there was no problem filling that request! Of course, I wanted to try a new recipe and this fit the bill. It is so chocolatey and moist.

I also thought since some of you may live in areas where we will be snowbound this weekend, most of you will already have these ingredients on hand. Yes, we are expecting a massive amount of snow here. Up to 2 ft. This is very, very unusual. It's not like this is upstate New York you know. We are talking Virginia here. Schools today have already been closed simply due to the fact of the massive storm approaching. It has just started snowing outside and I am already dreading walking my poor little chihuahua....I will have to go out hourly and keep shoveling a little path for her so she can "go" when she needs too!!!! I'm sure I will be posting over the weekend since I'll be home....with plenty of sugar and eggs this time! No running out of anything this weekend.

For the cake:

1 cup butter (2 sticks)

5 Tbsp cocoa

1 cup water

2 cups sifted flour

2 cups sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

2 eggs

1/2 cup milk

1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F with rack in the center of the oven. Butter and flour a 9 x 13 metal pan. In a medium saucepan combine the butter, cocoa and water. Bring to a boil. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, sugar, salt and baking soda. Pour the hot ingredients in the dry ingredients. Stir well with a wooden spoon. Add the eggs, milk and vanilla. Stir until the batter is smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and place it in the oven. Bake for 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove the cake from the oven and place it on a wire rack to cool. Immediately make the frosting and pour the frosting over the warm cake. Spread the frosting evenly and let the cake cool before cutting.

Frosting:

1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter

3 Tbsp milk

2 Tbsp cocoa

dash salt

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups powdered sugar

In medium saucepan combine the butter, milk, cocoa, salt and vanilla. Bring to a boil. Place the powdered sugar in a large bowl (I always sift powdered sugar first). Pour the hot ingredients over the powdered sugar and beat with a wooden spoon until the frosting is smooth.

Enjoy!