Chocolate Sheet Cake
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
24
ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup pecans, finely chopped (optional)
- 7⁄8 cup butter
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups powdered sugar
directions
- Combine in a mixing bowl 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, 2 cups sugar and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
- In a saucepan, melt 2 sticks butter, and add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together. Add 1 cup boiling water. Allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off the heat. Pour over the flour mixture and stir lightly to cool.
- In a measuring cup pour 1/2 cup buttermilk. Add 2 beaten eggs, 1 teaspoon baking soda and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir butermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan (jelly roll pan 13x18) and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
- When TEN MINUTES are left on the timer for the cake, start making the icing: Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in saucepan, add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add 6 tablespoons milk, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 3 cups powdered sugar. Stir together, add pecans (optional) and pour over warm cake.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tauna Scroggins
United States
I am a homeschool mom of 3 teenagers in Tulsa OK. I also work at home for a publishing company and spend all day on the phone and computer. I love to jump online and find new recipes just before dinner time. Recipezaar is always my first, and usually my last, stop.