The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake

A moist chocolate sheet cake is covered with a rich layer of cocoa frosting. Simple and Delicious!

This cake uses a different method for combining the ingredients. Butter is first melted in a pan and then cocoa powder is whisked in to form a chocolate sauce. The sauce is added to bowl of dry ingredients and then a buttermilk/egg mixture is added to complete the batter.

Below is the buttermilk mixture being poured into the cocoa sauce. It really smelled wonderful.

The cake batter is poured into a sheet pan (I halved the recipe and used a 10x15 sheet pan) and baked for 20 minutes (I baked mine for about 15 minutes).

After it's baked, a molten cocoa frosting is poured on top of the hot cake.

After the frosting is spread out, you're left with a glimmering chocolate sheet cake.

It might be thin, but this cake packs a lot of flavor and is really delicious!

The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Ever.

Servings: 24

Inspired by: Indigos Sugar Spectrum

Taken From: Pioneer Woman

Original Source: European bakers from the mid-19th century

Ingredients

FOR THE CAKE:

2 cups Flour

2 cups Sugar

¼ teaspoons Salt

4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa

2 sticks Butter

1 cup Boiling Water

½ cups Buttermilk

2 whole Beaten Eggs

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

1 teaspoon Vanilla

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FOR FROSTING:

½ cups Finely Chopped Pecans

1-¾ stick Butter

4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa

6 Tablespoons Milk

1 teaspoon Vanilla

1 pound (minus 1/2 Cup) Powdered Sugar

Preparation Instructions

In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.

In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.

Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

* It didn't call for it, but I sprayed the bottom of the pan with cooking spray and didn't have any trouble removing the slices of cake.