All Fools Cake

All Fools Cake

2 cups sugar

3 cups flour

1 cup oil

1 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1 tsp salt

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 cup boiling water

2 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease and flour a 9x13 pan.  Mix all ingredients together in a mixture EXCEPT the boiling water and soda.  Add the boiling water and mix.  Add the soda and mix well.  Pour into prepared pan and bake for about 35 minutes.  Cool on wire rack.

Frost with the frosting from the Meta Cake recipe.

Recipe Source: Lillian Ulmer/Dorothy