Graduation Sheet Cake Recipe

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This delicious dessert will shape your graduation party into a sweet occasion...and then some. "Its surface is perfect for decorating in any way you like," details Patsy Dean of Sealy, Texas. "We use it year-round for special events." —Pasty Dean, Sealy, Texas

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Graduation Sheet Cake Recipe

Prep: 20 min. Bake: 20 min. + cooling

Yield: 20-24 Servings

20 20 40

Ingredients

1/4 cup baking cocoa
1 cup water
1 cup butter, cubed
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
FROSTING/DECORATING:
1/2 cup butter, cubed
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/3 cup milk
3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Vanilla icing and pastry bag or large tube of vanilla icing

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine cocoa and water until smooth. Add the butter; bring to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool.
In a large bowl, combine the sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Add cocoa mixture and mix well. Beat in the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
Bake at 350° for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
For frosting, in a large saucepan, combine cocoa and milk until smooth; add the butter. Cook over low heat until butter is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Spread over warm cake. Cool. Use vanilla icing to decorate like a diploma. Yield: 20-24 servings.

Originally published as Graduation Sheet Cake in Country Woman May/June 1996, p41