Pioneer Woman's Chocolate Sheet Cake

Combine in a mixing bowl:
2 c. flour
3/4 c. sugar
1/4 t. salt

In a saucepan, melt:
2 sticks butter
Add 4 heaping T. cocoa. Stir together.
Add 1 c. boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat.
Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk.
Add 2 beaten eggs
1 t. baking soda
1 t. vanilla

Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing:

Chop 1/2 c. pecans finely.
Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in a saucepan.
Add 4 heaping T. cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
Add 6 T. milk
1 t. vanilla
1 lb minus 1/2 c. powdered sugar, stir together.
Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

adapted from: Pioneer Woman