Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

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Meet the Cook: The biggest compliment I've ever gotten on this cake might have come when I baked it for my son's 11th birthday party last fall. The children were full after eating pizza, veggies and dip, etc. - but each of them asked for seconds! -Dianne Medwid, Dauphin, Manitoba

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Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe
  • Prep: 25 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling
  • Yield: 16-20 Servings
25 20 45

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • ICING:
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 2 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

Directions

  • In a bowl, combine the first four ingredients; set aside. In a small saucepan, bring butter, cocoa and water to a boil. Immediately remove from the heat. Add to dry ingredients and mix well.
  • In a small bowl, beat eggs. Add buttermilk and vanilla; mix well. Stir into cocoa mixture. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 375° for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
  • Meanwhile, in a saucepan, bring the butter, cocoa and milk to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; add sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Spread over hot cake; immediately sprinkle with nuts. Cool completely on a wire rack. Yield: 16-20 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 307 calories, 14 g fat (6 g saturated fat), 47 mg cholesterol, 230 mg sodium, 44 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Chocolate Sheet Cake in Country Woman May/June 1996, p31

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Reviewed on Feb. 07, 2012 by Trishwall12

This is the best, the richest, the fastest, the simplest chocolate sheet cake ever!! It's the same recipe I used for 30 years in Texas known as the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake. I lost the recipe but now have found it here!

I dare you to give it anything but 5 stars!


Reviewed on Jan. 03, 2012 by debmansur

Simple to make and oh, so delicious!!! Has become my favorite chocolate cake recipe.

 
 
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