Chocolate Cake and Icing

This is Jeff's mothers famous chocolate cake recipe.  The odd ingredient is coke, who would have thought of it?

For the cake:

- 2 sticks of butter, room temp
- 4 T cocoa
-3 eggs
-1 1/2 C sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 1/4 C flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 can of coke
- 1 C canned evaporated milk
- 1 TB vinegar

Preheat oven at 375.  Beat butter for about 3 minutes to get nice and fluffy.  Add cocoa and blend well.  Next add sugar and beat for another 3 minutes.  Add eggs one at a time making sure mixed in well.  Add vanilla, salt, baking soda, vinegar, milk and coke.  Slowly add in flour and mix well.
Pour in a well greased pan and bake for 25-30 minutes. 


For the icing:

- 3 T cocoa
- 1 stick of butter at room temp
- Powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- canned milk

You may notice there are no measurements for the powder sugar or milk, that is because you use as much as is needed for your cake.  I use I would say about 1 1/2 C at the most of sugar to make mine.  Blend the butter for 3 minutes and then start to add your powder sugar and cocoa.  While mixing the sugar, add the salt, vanilla and milk to reach the consistency you are looking for.  Smooth on a completely cooled cake.