Double Fudge Squares (Texas Sheet Cake)

Betty Farnsworth’s recipe (she made my wedding cake)

2 cups sugar
2 sticks butter
1 cup water
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk or sour milk (
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
4 Tbls. cocoa
1 tsp. Baking soda
1 tsp. Cinnamon

Mix sugar, flour and cocoa. Melt butter and add water. Bring to a boil and pour over the dry ingredients and beat. Slightly beat eggs and add to the mixture and beat well. Combine soda and buttermilk (sour milk) and add to the batter; mix well. Blend in the vanilla and pour into a greased jelly-roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees 20-25 minutes. Ice while hot.
Icing:
1 stick butter
6 Tbls. milk
3 Tbls. cocoa
1 cup marshmallows
1 tsp. Vanilla
1 lb. Powdered sugar
1 cup chopped pecans
In a saucepan, melt butter. Add the cocoa and marshmallows and stir until melted over low heat. Add the vanilla and the powdered sugar; beat well. Add the pecans and quickly spread over the hot cake.