Very Good Chocolate Cake

cake

3/4 c butter
1 3/4 c sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
2 c flour
3/4 cocoa
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 1/3 c water

preheat oven to 350
cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and beat 1 minute. combine dry ingreds. in separate bowl. Alternate adding dry ingred. and water to butter/sugar mix. Pour into greased and floured pans.
Bake 35-40 mins for round pans
? 15 mins for cupcake/muffin size
frost when completely cool

Frosting
6 Tbl soft butter
3/4 c cocoa
2 2/3 c powdered sugar
1/3 c milk
1 tsp vanilla

cream butter, combine cocoa and sugar then add alternately with milk. Beat to spreading consistency then add vanilla