Julie's Texas Sheet Cake....

Combine in a mixing bowl:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 tsp. cinnamon

In a saucepan, melt:

2 sticks butter
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together. Add 1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk.

Add:

2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing:

Chop 1/2 cup pecans finely.
Melt 1 1/2 sticks butter in a saucepan.
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.

Add:

6 tablespoons buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Stir together.Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake. Cut into squares 7 serve.