One of my brokers, who happens to be my dad, is very
picky but there is one thing I know he loves… ice cream! So for his birthday we
do an ice cream bar with different toppings and brownies. Last year I decided
to mix things up a little and instead of making plain, boring brownies I made a
chocolate sheet cake. It was a huge hit!
I got the recipe from NancyCreative and I highly
recommend that you try it at least once!!
Ingredients:
CAKE:
§ 2 cups all-purpose flour
§ 2 cups sugar
§ ¼ teaspoon salt
§ 4 heaping Tablespoons
unsweetened baking cocoa
§ 2 sticks butter
§ 1 cup boiling water
§ ½ cup buttermilk
§ 2 large eggs, beaten
§ 1 teaspoon baking soda
§ 1 teaspoon vanilla
FROSTING:
§ 1 3/4 sticks butter
§ 4 heaping Tablespoons
unsweetened baking cocoa
§ 6 Tablespoons milk
§ 1 teaspoon vanilla
§ 1 pound (minus 1/2 cup)
powdered sugar (about 3 to 3 1/4 cups)
§ 1/2 cup finely chopped
pecans or walnuts, optional (I did not use)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large
mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
Melt butter in a saucepan and 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 13 x 18″ sheet cake pan and bake at 350 degrees for 20
minutes (if using a 10 x 15″ jelly roll pan, you may need to bake 22 to 23
minutes).
While cake is baking, make the icing. If
using nuts, chop them 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 nuts, stir together, and pour over warm cake. If you made
your cake in a 13 x 18″ pan, pour on the frosting.
You can let the frosting cool and set
before cutting into squares if you want, or cut into squares while it’s still
warm and dig in! The frosting will start setting in about a half hour, but it
needs between 1 and 2 hours to set more firmly; at 2 hours, it should be nice
and firm.
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