Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  1 3/4           cups  unsifted all-purpose flour
  2               cups  sugar
     3/4           cup  cocoa
  2          teaspoons  baking soda
  1           teaspoon  baking powder
  1           teaspoon  salt
  2                     eggs
  1                cup  strong coffee
  1                cup  buttermilk or sour milk*
     1/2           cup  vegetable oil
  1           teaspoon  vanilla
                        ***FROSTING***
  3        tablespoons  butter or margarine
  2        tablespoons  cocoa for light flavor -- or 1/4 cup for
  1             medium  -- or 1/2 cup for dark
  1 1/3           cups  confectioners' sugar
  3        tablespoons  milk
     1/2      teaspoon  vanilla

Preparation:

Combine dry ingredients in large mixer bowl. Add remaining ingredients; beat at medium speed 2 minutes (batter will be thin). Pour into a greased and floured 13x9x2-inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. (For cupcakes bake 20 minutes.) Cool completely; frost. *To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup. CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING For 1 Cup of frosting: Melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Add amount of cocoa for flavor you prefer. Heat just until mixture begins to boil, stirring constantly until smooth. Pour into small mixer bowl. Cool completely. Add confectioners' sugar alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency. Blend in vanilla. (Continue on next page) One cup frosts an 8- or 9-inch square or round cake or pan of brownies or top of a 13x9x2-inch cake or pan of brownies. Two cups fills and frosts an 8- or 9-inch two-layer cake or frosts 30 cupcakes. For 2 Cups of frosting follow above instructions and increase ingredients as follows: 1/3 cup butter or margarine 3 tablespoons Cocoa for light flavor, or 1/3 cup for medium, or 2/3 cup for dark 2 2/3 cups confectioner's sugar 1/3 cup milk 1 teaspoon van

Nutritional Information:

3145 Calories (kcal); 163g Total Fat; (43% calories from fat); 25g Protein; 441g Carbohydrate; 473mg Cholesterol; 5638mg Sodium