Texas Sheet Cake

Sydney's great grandmother used to be a lunch lady at an elementary school in Idaho. Back then lunch ladies made everything from scratch. This is a dessert she would make regularly for the school kids, and for the grand kids when there was a family get together. Everyone loves it and it doesn't last long.

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter (can substitute with 1 cup applesauce)
1 cup water
4 heaping Tbsp. cocoa
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour or buttermilk
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla

Mix dry ingredients together. In a saucepan, bring to boil butter (but not applesauce), water and cocoa. Add this to dry mix. Add eggs, sour milk, baking soda and vanilla. Mix well. Cook at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
While baking mix frosting.

1 stick butter
1/3 cup milk
4 heaping Tbsp. cocoa
1 lb powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla
chopped nuts (optional)

Heat butter, milk and cocoa. Pour powdered sugar into the mix. Stir and add vanilla and chopped nuts. Put on cake immediately in sections and spread.