Sourdough Chocolate Sheath Cake

Ingredients

• 2 cups plain flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 stick butter
• 1/2 cup oil
• 1/4 cup unsweetened Cocoa
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup sourdough starter
• 1 tsp soda
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Icing:
• 1 stick butter
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 5 TBLS milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 1 box 10X sugar
• 1- 1 1/2 cups chopped toasted nuts, pecans or walnuts ...divided

Instructions

1. Preheat oven 400*
2. Place water, butter, oil and cocoa in saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for 30 seconds. Remove from heat. Allow to cool slightly.
3. Mix flour, sugar, salt in a bowl.
4. In a separate bowl combine: eggs, sourdough starter, soda and vanilla.
5. Combine Chocolate mixture with flour mixture. Stir in egg mixture.
6. Bake in 9x13 buttered pan for 20-30 minutes
7. Icing:
8. Combine butter, milk in saucepan and heat to melt butter. Add cocoa to mixture and stir to combine. Add 10X sugar and soda and vanilla. It may still have some tiny sugar lumps but not to worry....the nuts will cover a multitude of sins. Add 1/2 nuts to icing.
9. Pour, while still warm, over warm cake, spreading with a the back of a spoon to cover top.
10. Sprinkle remaining nuts on top.
11. Enjoy!!!!!