Here’s a recipe from a hand written recipe card I found in an old box of recipes picked up from a lot sale. Date unknown. Recipe is typed below as-is.

Here’s what’s cookin’ Fudge Sheet Cake
Serves About 25
Recipe from the kitchen of Jean Van Hooks – Mother

• 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar, 1/4 tsp salt – mix in pan
• 1 stick butter – 1/2 cup crisco – 3 TBS cocoa and 1 cup water – Heat and stir to boiling. Pour over dry ingred.
• Stir and add 2 eggs 1/2 cup buttermilk with 1 tsp soda in it. 1 tsp vanilla
• Pour into well greased pan 1″ deep and bake 375° for 25 mins.

When cake has been in oven 15 min start icing (over)

Mix & melt 1 stick margarine 3 tbsp cocoa – 1/2 cup milk. Cook till rolling boil then a little longer. Remove from fire and stir in 1 box powdered sugar nuts – vanilla – pour hot icing over hot cake – leave in pan and serve.