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Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups granulated sugar
¼ tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
3 3/4 sticks salted butter
8 heaping tbsp. cocoa
1 cup boiling water
½ cup buttermilk
2 eggs, beaten
2 tsp. vanilla
½ cup pecans, finely chopped
6 tbsp. milk
3 ¼ cups powdered sugar
Directions:
Directions:
In a mixing bowl, combine 2 cups flour, 2 cups sugar and 1/4 tsp. salt. In a saucepan, melt 2 sticks butter. Once melted, add 4 tbsp. cocoa, stir together and add 1 cup boiling water. Allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool. In measuring cup, measure 1/2 cup buttermilk, add 2 beaten eggs, 1 tsp. baking soda, and 1 tsp. vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into the bowl of the flour/butter mixture. Pour into a jelly roll pan or large sheet cake pan and bake at 350º for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking make the icing. In a saucepan, melt the 1 3/4 sticks butter. Once melted, add 4 heaping tbsp. cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add 6 tbsp. milk, 1 tsp. vanilla and the powdered sugar. Stir together and add in the pecans. Pour over warm cake.

 

 

 

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