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The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Ever. (Pioneer Woman) Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
CAKE:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 tsp. salt
4 tbsp. (heaping) cocoa
2 sticks butter
1 cup boiling water
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 whole beaten eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

FROSTING:
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1-3/4 sticks butter
4 tbsp. (heaping) cocoa
5 tbsp. milk (buttermilk)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 lb. (minus 1/2 cup) powdered sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Note: I use an 18x13 sheet cake pan.

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

In a sauce pan, 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 350º for 20 minutes.

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

Cut into squares and eat!
Number Of Servings:
Number Of Servings:
approx. 24
Preparation Time:
Preparation Time:
about 20 minutes

 

 

 

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