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Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
For the Cake:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 Tablespoons (heaping) cocoa
2 sticks butter
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 whole beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

For the Frosting:

1 3/4 sticks butter
4 Tablespoons (heaping) cocoa
6 Tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 pound (minus 1/2 cup) powdered sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Use an 18X13 sheet cake pan.

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 the beaten eggs, baking soda and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into greased sheet pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

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

Cut into squares and serve.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This recipe is from the Pioneer Woman Cooks. Mary makes it every year for Maxim's birthday. It is soooo good!

 

 

 

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