Praline Cake

1 cup buttermilk
1 stick butter
2 cups light brown sugar
2 eggs
2 cups sifted flour
1 tsp. soda
2 tbsp. cocoa
1 tbsp. vanilla

Warm buttermilk and butter over low heat until butter is melted. Add brown sugar and cream together. Add eggs and mix well. Add flour, soda, and cocoa and blend thoroughly. Add vanilla, pour mixture into a greased 13x9x2 inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes.

Cream sugar and butter together. Add milk and blend until smooth or spreading consistency. Add pecans and spread topping over warm cake. Return cake to oven and broil until topping bubbles. Leave cake in pan and cut in squares when cool.