The Ultimate Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

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Tradition

This ultimate chocolate sheet cake recipe has been a family tradition of ours for many years. The tradition is, we make it every Fourth of July! And, it is such a big hit that everyone eats it all or takes some “to go” that we usually don’t get enough for ourselves. Therefore, I bake another one a few days later. Shh..don’t tell anyone! I’m afraid they will drop by for some more. 😉

I really don’t mind making another chocolate sheet cake. I just don’t know why I don’t go ahead and make two cakes while I’m at it. Lol! Maybe one of these days.

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Ultimate Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

Cake Ingredients:

• 2 cups all purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 sticks butter (16 Tablespoons or 1 cup butter)
• 4 Tablespoons Organic Cacao Powder
• 1 cup water
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (see recipe for homemade vanilla extract)

Frosting Ingredients:

• 1 stick butter (8 Tablespoons or 1/2 cup butter)
• 4 Tablespoons Organic Cacao Powder
• 1 1 pound box powdered sugar (3 1/2 to 4 cups unsifted powdered sugar)
• 6 Tablespoons buttermilk
• 1 cup chopped nuts (I use whole pecans and use this chopper)
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cake Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

Mix together flour, sugar and baking soda and sit aside.

In a small saucepan bring to boil 2 sticks of butter, 4 Tablespoons cacao and 1 cup water and pour into flour mixture (I like using the lower part of this double boiler saucepan).

Add eggs, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and with an electric hand mixer mix about one minute.

Line a 12×18 sheet cake pan with aluminum foil. You might ask if this necessary. Seriously, I don’t think it really matters but that is the way I have always done it. For one thing it makes for easy clean up and another it saves the pan from being scratched during cutting pieces for serving!

Pour batter into lined sheet cake and bake for 20 minutes. While the cake is baking prepare the frosting. Tip: After the cake has completed baking frost cake while it is still warm and while frosting is hot.

Frosting Instructions:

In a small saucepan bring to boil 1 stick butter, 4 Tablespoons cacao, and 6 Tablespoons buttermilk. Remove from heat and stir in 1 box powdered sugar, vanilla extract and 1/2 cup chopped nuts.

While frosting is hot pour over warm cake and smooth out. Top with remaining nuts and allow cake to cool completely.

Enjoy!

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