Texas sheet cake

Mix in bowl:

2 cups sugar

1/2 tsp salt

2 cups flour

Bring to boil in saucepan:

2 sticks of butter

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 cup water

1/4 cup cocoa powder

Add to dry mixture, then add:

2 beaten eggs

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp cinnamon

1tsp vanilla

Mix well, and pour into 12"x17" jelly roll pan, ungreased. Bake 20 minutes at 375.

FROSTING: Five minutes before cake comes out, bring to a boil in a saucepan: 1 stick butter, 1/4 cup cocoa & 6 T milk. Then add 1 lb box (or 1/2 bag) of powder sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, and 1 cup chopped walnuts (optional). Frost cake as it comes out of the oven.