Birthday Brownies

This is my favorite Fudge Brownie recipe - it's kind of fudge and kind of cake.

It's great to serve a crowd and I always make it for family birthday's with the cousins

 1 cup butter
   1/2 cup cocoa
   4 eggs
   2 cups sugar
   1 teaspoon vanilla extract
   1 1/2 cups flour
   1/2 teaspoon salt
 
   frosting:
   1/4 cup butter
   1/4 cup cocoa
   5 tablespoons milk
   3 cups powdered sugar

Melt 1 cup butter (or margarine) and stir in 1/2 cup cocoa. Cool. Beat eggs; gradually add sugar a little at a time. Add vanilla and chocolate mixture. Sift together the flour and salt and add to creamed mixture.  Pour into 9x13-inch greased baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F. for about 30 minutes, till wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool.
Make frosting by melting butter (or margarine) and stirring in cocoa. Add milk and beat in powdered sugar to spreading consistency. Pour and spread over cooled brownies. Frosting will become more firm as it cools. Cut into bars. Makes 2 dozen brownies.

I almost always 1 1/2 times the recipe and bake it in a large baking sheet.  :)