Chocolate Nutella Cake

Winter has left and Spring has arrived. With its return another quarter has past and I find myself with free time on my hands. My husband knows this as a dangerous predicament, as when he returns from work wonderfully fattening and delicious goodies await him that I want nothing to do with. Poor him right.
I recently stumbled across an awesome recipe that even I could not resist; hot, delicious pretzels. Joanne at Fifteen Spatulas can show you how: Hot Buttered Pretzels
Aside from pretzels, last week I was, for no reason, dying to make chocolate cake. So I did. Below are the results.

Chocolate Cake with Nutella-Coconut Icing
1 cup Butter
1/3 cup Cocoa Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
1 cup Water
2 cups Flour
1 3/4 cups Sugar
2 Eggs
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1/2 cup Sour Cream
1 tsp Vanilla Extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
In a small saucepan, melt butter and mix in cocoa, salt and water.
In a mixing bowl, or stand mixer, combine flour, sugar and baking soda. Mix in one half of the butter mixture, followed slowly by the rest.
Beat in, one at a time, the two eggs. Next the sour cream and finally the vanilla. Whisk together until smooth.
Pour mixture into a buttered and floured pan. I used my springform with great results.
Bake for 25-30 minutes, toothpick test for doneness.
Let cool then invert and remove from pan onto a large plate or cake dish.

For the icing:
Melt together 1/4 cup Coconut Oil,  1 tbsp Nutella, 1/4 cup Chocolate Chips and 1 tsp Vanilla Extract.
Pour over cake and let flow down the sides.

As always, Enjoy!