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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 May. 04, 2012 by mumarini

I make this often. It's very moist and always a hit!!

Reviewed on Mar. 06, 2012 by jeanemed

Perfect recipe. My family thinks they are brownies--I think they are better than brownies. Simply scrumptious!

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.