Dr. Pepper Chocolate Sheet Cake

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 sticks butter
• 4 heaping Tbsp cocoa powder
• 1 cup Dr. Pepper

In a saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, and Dr. Pepper. Bring to a rolling boil. While this heats, combine, flour, sugar, soda and salt. Add to saucepan and remove from heat. Carefully add eggs, vanilla and buttermilk. Mix well. Pour into a greased pan. (You can use a jellyroll size pan for a thinner cake, a 9 x 13 pan for a thicker cake or pour some into a 9 x 13 pan and the rest into a round cake pan and share with a friend! Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

As soon as you remove the cake from the oven, make the icing.

Icing

• 1 stick butter
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/4 heaping cup cocoa powder
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla

In a saucepan, combine butter, milk and cocoa powder. Bring to a rolling boil. Remove from heat and add powdered sugar and vanilla.  Pour over partially cooled cake. The icing will be on the thin side so you probably won't be able to really spread it after you pour it on like other icings. But, it's so yummy no one will care if it doesn't look perfect!

Recipe from my wonderful mother-in-law, Jill