Kim here aree two great eassy cakes:

Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

1 cup butter 1 tsp. baking soda
1 cup water 1 tsp. salt
1/4 cup cocoa 1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups sugar 1 cup sour cream
2 cups all-purpose flour 2 eggs
1 cup chopped pecaans (optional)

combine butter, water, and cocoa in a 3 quart saucepan. Bring to a boil, and boil for 5 minutes. remove from heat. Mix sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and vanilla(mix in one at a time beating well after each addition for best results)add sour cream and eggs, mixing well after each. Pour into a well greased sheet cake pan (the recipe calls for a 10x15x1 or a 27x11) bake at 375* for 20 minutes.

Frosting:

1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup cocoa
1 tablespoon milk
1 box (16 oz) powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

combine butter, cocoa, and milk. bring to a boil. remove from heat. briskly stir in sugar and vanilla. Blend until smooth. Frost cake as sonn as it comes from the oven. Sprinkle with nuts (if used)cool and cut into squares.

Chocolate Pound Cake

1/2 cup butter (room temp.)
1 1/2 cup sugar
4 squares unsweetened baking chocolate (hershey's work really well!!)
(melted and cooled)
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla

cream butter and sugar until blended, add chocolate and eggs. beat until smooth.add flour, soda and buttermilk, mix on low speed until well blended (or use wooden spoon, beating well, until smooth) stir in Vanilla. pour into a well greased and floured 10 inch tube (bundt) pan. Bake at 350* for 45-55 min. or until toothpick comes out clean. cool complettely and spread with frosting.

Chocolate frosting:

1 square (1oz) unsweetened baking chocolate
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup powdered sugar
1-2 tablespoons of milk.

melt 1 oz chocolate (directions on pkg.)with one tablespoon of butter. remove from heat and stir in one cup of powdered sugar and 1-2 tablespoons of milk (enough to make frosting spreadable)

I hope these help!!