Verna's Chocolate Cake

Cake Ingredients:

2 Cups Sugar
2 Cups Flour
2 Stks. Margarine
4 Tbsp. Cocoa
1 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Buttermilk
2 Eggs
1 Tsp. Soda
1 Tsp. Vanilla

Icing Ingredients:

1 Stk. Margarine
4 Tbps. Cocoa
1/4 Cup Milk (more if needed)
1 Box Powdered Sugar
1 Tsp. Vanilla
1 Cup Chopped Pecans


*In a bowl:
 
Mix together 2 cups of Sugar and 2 cups of Flour. Set aside.

*In a pot on the stove:
 
Bring 2 sticks of Margarine, 4 Tablespoons of Cocoa and 1 cup of 
water to a rapid boil.  
Pour this mixture over the flour and sugar and stir.
  
Add 1/2 cup of Buttermilk, 2 eggs slightly beaten, 1 teaspoon of Soda 
and 1 teaspoon of Vanilla.  Mix, and pour into a 15 X 10" greased 
baking dish.
 
Bake at 400 deg. for 20 minutes.
Check with a toothpick to see if the middle is done.

Have the icing ready when the cake comes out of the oven.

*In a pot on the stove: 

Melt 1 stick of Margarine, 4 Tablespoons of Cocoa, and 1/4 cup 
of Milk.  Bring to a rapid boil.  

*Take pot off the stove and add:

1 box of Powdered Sugar, 1 teaspoon of Vanilla and 1 cup of chopped 
pecans.
Beat well with a spoon (Add more milk if the icing is too thick)
and pour evenly over the hot cake.