Favorite Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 piece)
  • Calories:
  • 638
  • Fat:
  • 28 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 17 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 132 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 511 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 94 g
  • Fiber:
  • 1 g
  • Protein:
  • 6 g


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Favorite Chocolate Sheet Cake

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My mother adapted this family pleaser from a recipe for vanilla cake that was in a church cookbook. The cake is so flavorful, it wouldn't need frosting-but I always feel you can never have enough chocolate!

SERVINGS: 12

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 20 min. Bake: 25 min. + standing

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-1/4 cups cake flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 3 squares (1 ounce each) bittersweet chocolate, melted
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1/3 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions:

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate until combined.
    Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 23-27 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.
    For frosting, in a small saucepan, bring cocoa and milk to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat; stir in butter and vanilla until butter is melted. Whisk in confectioners' sugar until smooth. Drizzle over cake and spread quickly. Let stand until set. Yield: 12 servings.


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