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Favorite Chocolate Sheet Cake

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!

12 ServingsPrep: 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 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled
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 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

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Favorite Chocolate Sheet Cake (continued)

Directions (continued)

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.

Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 piece) equals 615 calories, 26 g fat (15 g saturated fat), 134 mg cholesterol, 580 mg sodium, 92 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein.