Cockeyed Cake With Sugar Topping

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/3 cups flour
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup cold water
• 4 tablespoons softened butter
• 2/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk or 2 tablespoons cream
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• nuts, are (optional)

Recipe

• 1 pour flour into the sifter, add to it the cocoa, soda, sugar and salt; sift this into a greased square pan, about 9x9x2 inches. now make 3 holes in the dry mixture. into one, pour the oil, into the next, the vinegar; into the last, the vanilla. now pour the cold water over it all. you'll feel as if you are making a mud pies, but beat with a spoon until it's nearly smoth and you can't see the flour.
• 2 bake at 350 degrees for 25 minutes. then take the cake out and let is cool slightly. do not turn the oven off !
• 3 sugar topping: mix all topping ingredients together in a bowl. then spread on cake and put back into the oven till the frosting bubbles on the whole top of the cake.