Will's Favorite Cake

(from Mrs. Evans)

Cake:
1 cup soft butter
2 cup sugar
3 eggs
3 cup flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
3 Tbsp cocoa
1 cup buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup warm water

Frosting:
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 tsp vanilla
1 1/3 cup coconut
1 cup pecans

Cream butter and sugar.
Beat in eggs one at a time.
Add dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk, vanilla, and water.
Baked in lightly greased 13x9 pan at 350 for 45 minutes.

For frosting, cook milk, sugar, eggs, butter, and vanilla
over medium heat.  Stir constantly until thick (12-15 min).
Add coconut and pecans.  Spread on cake.

Ken Shirriff: shirriff@eng.sun.com
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