Chocolate Sheet Cake

Chocolate Sheet Cake takes roughly 50 minutes from beginning to end. For 96 cents per serving, this recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 10 servings with 641 calories, 5g of protein, and 19g of fat each. 4435 people found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. This recipe from Recipe Girl requires vanillan extract, buttermilk, cocoa powder, and eggs. Several people really liked this side dish. All things considered, we decided this recipe deserves a spoonacular score of 28%. This score is rather bad. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Mom’s Retro Chocolate Sheet Cake (aka Texas Sheet Cake), Blackout Chocolate Sheet Cake with Chocolate Cookie Crumbles, and Chocolate Sheet Cake.

Servings: 10

Preparation duration: 30 minutes

Cooking duration: 20 minutes

 

Ingredients:

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 cup buttermilk

4 heaping tablespoons cocoa powder

2 large eggs

2 cups All Purpose Gold Medal® Flour

2 cups granulated white sugar

6 tablespoons milk

1 pound powdered sugar (if it's lumpy, sift it)

rainbow sprinkles (or chopped pecans, if you're into those)

1/4 teaspoon salt

1 3/4 sticks salted butter

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 cup boiling water (just get it really hot in the microwave)

Equipment:

oven

whisk

bowl

sauce pan

frying pan

Cooking instruction summary:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and baking soda.3. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and add the cocoa; whisk to combine. Add the boiling water to the pan, mix and heat until bubbling, then turn off the heat. Pour the hot chocolate mixture into the flour mixture and stir to combine. Pour in the egg mixture and stir together until smooth. Pour into an ungreased, nonstick 12x18-inch rimmed pan (jelly roll pan), and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the cake is set and no longer gooey in the middle.4. While the cake is baking, make the icing. Melt the butter in a medium-large saucepan over medium heat. Add the cocoa powder and stir until smooth. Pull the pan off the heat. Add the milk and vanilla, then stir in the powdered sugar. Use a whisk and stir vigorously to get all of the lumps out. Pour the warm icing over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Try and pour it over the cake evenly and spread it out quickly to cover the top, then don't mess with it. If you want sprinkles or nuts on top, sprinkle those on immediately. Let the cake sit at room temperature until ready to serve.

 

Step by step:


1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar and salt. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, eggs, vanilla and baking soda.

3. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and add the cocoa; whisk to combine.

4. Add the boiling water to the pan, mix and heat until bubbling, then turn off the heat.

5. Pour the hot chocolate mixture into the flour mixture and stir to combine.

6. Pour in the egg mixture and stir together until smooth.

7. Pour into an ungreased, nonstick 12x18-inch rimmed pan (jelly roll pan), and bake for about 20 minutes, or until the cake is set and no longer gooey in the middle.

8. While the cake is baking, make the icing. Melt the butter in a medium-large saucepan over medium heat.

9. Add the cocoa powder and stir until smooth. Pull the pan off the heat.

10. Add the milk and vanilla, then stir in the powdered sugar. Use a whisk and stir vigorously to get all of the lumps out.

11. Pour the warm icing over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Try and pour it over the cake evenly and spread it out quickly to cover the top, then don't mess with it. If you want sprinkles or nuts on top, sprinkle those on immediately.

12. Let the cake sit at room temperature until ready to serve.


Nutrition Information:

 

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