Chocolate Sheet Cake

Thursday, January 24, 2008 at 4:08PM
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This is a yummy and easy crowd-pleasing dessert. It yields 16-20 pieces, so if my crowd were a real crowd, I’d double the recipe.

Cake 

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 cup water
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. In a large bowl, combine the first four ingredients.
   
2. In a small saucepan, bring butter, cocoa and water to a boil. Add to dry ingredients (step 1) and mix well.
   
3. In a small bowl, beat eggs. Add buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Stir into cocoa mixture.
   
4. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
   
5. Bake at 375F for 20-22 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.

 
Frosting

• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1/3 cup milk
• 2 cups icing (or confectioner’s) sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. While cake is baking,  bring butter, cocoa and milk to a boil in a saucepan, stirring constantly.
   
2. Remove pan from heat; add sugar and vanilla. Mix well.
   
3. When cake is done, spread frosting over hot cake.
4. Cool frosted cake on a wire rack. 

Recipe adapted from this recipe found in Taste of Home.

Article originally appeared on Rebecca Writes (http://rebecca-writes.com/).