Chocolate Sheet Cake
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Chocolate Sheet Cake is a dessert my husband’s grandma used to bring to family gatherings. Everyone always loved it. I hope you will too.
What was not to love? Moist cake that had a touch of cinnamon spice stirred in. Rich dark chocolate topped with a creamy chocolate icing that would melt in your mouth. And pecans. Probably picked from Grandma’s nearest pecan tree. Grandma Vogts’ love all bound up into a simple cake topped with tinfoil. That sounds pretty perfect to me.
Ingredients for Chocolate Sheet Cake
- shortening
- butter
- baking cocoa
- water
- all-purpose flour
- sugar
- baking soda
- ground cinnamon
- buttermilk
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- milk
- powdered sugar
- pecans
Instructions for this Cake
Start by preheating your oven to 400 degrees. Gather your ingredients so that you have everything close at hand on the counter or table.
In a small saucepan, heat shortening and butter, just until it melts. With a wire whisk stir in cocoa, then add water. Bring this to a rapid boil. Remove from heat.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and cinnamon. Pour your chocolate mixture over this. Add buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix well.
Pour batter into a greased 10×15″ sheet pan. Bake in preheated oven for 15-18 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
Prepare the Icing
To prepare the icing, melt butter in a medium saucepan with cocoa, and milk. Whisk together and bring to a boil. Stir in vanilla extract. Add powdered sugar and nuts. Mix well.
The icing is my favorite part!
Spread the chocolate pecan icing over warm cake. Serve with ice-cream. This cake will serve 18-20 people.
Some might call this Chocolate Sheet Cake a Texas sheet cake. And they would probably be correct. But this recipe came straight from Kansas, from one of my grandma’s many community/church cookbooks.
See more Cake Recipes Here. And Chocolate Recipes Here.
Chocolate Sheet Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 cup water
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Icing:
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup pecans coarsely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In small saucepan, melt shortening and butter. Whisk in cocoa, then add water. Bring to a rapid boil. Remove from heat.
- In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and cinnamon. Stir in chocolate mixture. Add buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla extract. Mix well. Pour into greased 10x15" jellyroll pan. Bake 15-18 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
- To prepare icing, melt butter in medium saucepan with cocoa, and milk. Bring to boil. Stir in vanilla extract. Add powdered sugar and nuts. Mix well. Spread over warm cake. Serve with ice-cream. Serves 18-20.
So excited to see the sheet cake recipe as it brings back happy memories of my great aunt's in Texas. One, then two pieces of this cake was just not enough, so she made a second one! So yummy!
Hope you'll give it a try and like it as much as your aunt's. Yummy with ice cream!