Start the icing 5 mins before the cake is done. I use powdered buttermilk. I mix the powder with the dry ingredients and the water it requires with the wet ingredients.

Sift Together:
2c sugar
2c flour
1/4 t salt

Pour in saucepan:
1/2c Crisco
1 stick butter
4T cocoa
1c water

Bring to a boil & pour over sugar & flour mixture. Stir well & add to:
1/2c buttermilk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1t soda
1t cinnamon
1t vanilla

2 c sugar 2 c flour 1/4 t salt 1/2 c Crisco 1 stick butter 4 T cocoa 1 c water 1/2 c buttermilk 2 eggs, slightly beaten 1 t soda 1 t cinnamon 1 t vanilla

Mix well & pour into greased pan.
11x16"
Bake 400 degrees for 20 mins.Notes