Texas Sheet Cake

      Texas Sheet Cake
             Cake:
4 Tablespoons cocoa powder                                    In a saucepan boil cocoa, butter, shortening and
1 stick butter                                                             water. Pour this mixture over flour and sugar in a
1/4 cup shortening                                                     large bowl.Mix well. Add buttermilk that has
1 cup water                                                             been  mixed with baking soda.mix well. add beaten
2 cups flour                                                               eggs and vanilla. pour into a greased and floured
2 cups sugar                                                              16X11 pan and bake for 20 minutes at 400 
1/2 cup buttermilk                                                      degrees.
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 eggs slightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla

            Frosting:
1 stick butter                                         Five minutes before cake is done, make frosting as follows
4 tablespoon cocoa powder                  mix and boil butter, cocoa,and milk. Add sugar, nuts and
6 tablespoon milk                                  vanilla to cocoa mixture and mix well. Pour over cake
1 box powder sugar                               while it is still hot.
1 cup pecans, chopped
1/2 teaspoon vanilla