Chocolate Sheet Cake With Chocolate Frosting
Rich, sweet chocolate sheet cake is a classic dessert, easy to make and perfect for feeding a crowd.
Makes: 24 servings
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Recipe Created By: Charlyn Fargo
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 40 minutes
Recipe Created By: Charlyn Fargo
Featured In: Tennessee Home & Farm
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup margarine or butter
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Chocolate Frosting
- ½ cup (1 stick) margarine or butter
- 3 tablespoons cocoa
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 box powdered sugar
- ½ cup pecans, chopped
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, mix the flour, sugar and salt. In a medium saucepan, bring the margarine or butter, water and cocoa to a boil. Pour over flour/sugar mixture.
- Mix together the eggs, baking soda, buttermilk and vanilla. Add in the cocoa mixture. Mix well.
- Grease and flour a shallow (15 ½-by-10-by-1-inch) cake pan. Pour batter into pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Start preparing the icing during the last 5 minutes the cake is baking. In a saucepan, mix margarine, cocoa and milk. Warm over low heat, but do not boil. Remove from heat and pour into mixer. Add powdered sugar, chopped pecans and vanilla. Mix well. Frost sheet cake as soon as it is removed from the oven.
Tips & Notes
Per serving:??389 calories, 23.8 g fat, 248 mg sodium, 3.9 g protein, 2.4 g dietary fiber
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