Cake 2 cups sugar
1 cup butter, softened
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Icing 1 pound confectioner’s sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1 cup butter, melted
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
Grease a rectangular cake pan, place a greased piece of waxed paper in the bottom and set aside. Sift together flour, cocoa and salt and set aside in a small bowl. Cream sugar and butter. Add vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time. Gradually add dry ingredients and mix until a batter is formed. Turn into cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 25 to 30 minutes on the middle rack of your oven. Cool on a wire rack and ice.
Icing Sift sugar and cocoa. Mix in butter, milk and vanilla.