Rhonda's Mississippi Mud Brownies

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 cup water
• 3 teaspoons cocoa
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup butter
• 3 teaspoons cocoa
• 6 teaspoons milk
• 1 (8 ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup walnuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 cake:.
• 2 sift together flour, sugar, and salt -- mix well.
• 3 in a saucepan, bring to a boil butter , shortening, water and cocoa.
• 4 pour over dry ingredients and sugar mixture.
• 5 in another bowl beat eggs, soda, buttermilk and vanilla.
• 6 add to other mixture and mix well.
• 7 bake in greased and floured sheet cake pan @350 20-25 minute.
• 8 icing:.
• 9 mix butter, cocoa, milk in a saucepan. heat over low heat but do not boil. remove from heat.
• 10 and add sugar, nuts, and vanilla -- mix well.
• 11 frost cake as soon as it's baked. pour over cake -- yum.