PW was right - this is the best ever

Pioneer Woman Chocolate Sheet Cake
Combine in a mixing bowl: 2 cups flour 2 cups sugar 1/4 teaspoon salt
In a saucepan, melt: 2 sticks butter Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together.
Add 1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour
over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk. Add: 2 beaten eggs 1 teaspoon baking
soda 1 teaspoon vanilla Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into
sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing: Chop 1/2 cup pecans finely. Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter
in a saucepan. Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
Add: 6 tablespoons milk 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar Stir
together. Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.
Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you’ve just made the best
chocolate sheet cake. Ever.


Lots of butter, but did not need to get mixer out - a plus for me.
Used slightly less milk with a smidge of vinegar.
Did all the melting, etc. in the micro
YUM!
Michael, this is calling your name - don't worry, no nuts in frosting.