The Ultimate Chocolate Sheet Cake
This recipe is truly the ultimate chocolate sheet cake! Easy to make and every chocolate lover will love it! Make this cake a tradition in your family!
Ingredients
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 Cacao Powder
- 1 cup water
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Frosting Ingredients
- 1 stick butter
- 4 Tablespoons Cacao
- 1 1 pound box powdered sugar or 3 1/2 to 4 cups unsifted powdered sugar
- 6 Tablespoons buttermilk
- 1 cup chopped nuts pecan or your choice
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Cake Instructions
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Mix together flour, sugar and baking soda and sit aside.
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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).
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Add eggs, 1/2 cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract and using an electric hand mixer mix about one minute.
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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!
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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
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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.
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While frosting is hot pour over warm cake and smooth out. Top with remaining nuts and allow cake to cool completely.
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Enjoy!