Recipe: Cake Brownies with Cocoa Frosting

CAKE BROWNIES WITH COCOA FROSTING

FOR THE BROWNIES:
1 cup water
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup oil
4 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
FOR THE FROSTING:
1 (1 lb) pkg confectioners sugar
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup buttermilk
3 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13x9-inch baking pan.

Mix water, butter, oil, and cocoa together in small saucepan. Bring to boil. Add this mixture to flour and sugar and beat until smooth.

Add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Mix well. Pour into prepared baking pan. Bake 20 minutes.

Prepare frosting while brownies are baking. Put all frosting ingredients in medium saucepan and heat. Do not boil.

Frost brownies immediately after removing from oven. Cut into squares when cool.

Adapted from source: Cookiemania: 100 Irresistible Recipes for Cookiemaniacs by Jeri Dry, Alix Engel