Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix and sift flour, baking powder, salt, sugar, and 2 T. cocoa.
Cut in shortening with pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal. Stir in milk and vanilla; add nuts.
Pour into greased 9" layer cake pan. Mix brown sugar and remaining cocoa; sprinkle over batter.
Pour water carefully over surface of uncooked batter. (This makes a sauce when the cake is baked). Bake at 350 degrees 40 minutes. Let cool 1 hr.
Cake and topping in one. When the cake is cut and served the cake is turned over with the sauce on top!
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Here's an easy, reliable way to ensure a moist and flavorful turkey...simply baste the turkey with chicken stock during roasting. When the turkey is done, use a bit more stock to make a quick and tasty gravy.
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