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Saturday, February 23, 2013

A Li'l Dab will Do Ya' Chocolate Sheet Cake

This is a little dab will do ya' gotta have a glass of milk chocolate cake! It is so rich and tasty. It makes an 11 X 15 inch cake, so make sure you have others to help eat it or a couple gallons of milk.

Cake Ingredients

2 C Flour
2 C Sugar
1/2 t salt
1 t Baking Soda
2 Sticks Butter
1 C Water
1/3 C Cocoa
3 Eggs
1/2 C Sour Cream
1 t Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350F. Spray 11 X 15 pan with nonstick cooking spray. Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Melt butter in saucepan on medium heat. Add water and cocoa. Bring to a boil stirring constantly over medium heat. Drizzle boiling cocoa mixture into dry ingredients mixing with mixer on low until combined. Turn mixer to medium and add eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Mix until combined. Pour into pan and bake exactly 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make frosting.

Frosting Ingredients:

1 Stick Butter
1/3 C Cocoa
6 T Milk
1 lb. Confectioners Sugar
1 t Vanilla

Combine butter, cocoa, and milk in a 3 qt sauce pot. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and mix in confectioners sugar and vanilla. Stir until all sugar lumps are gone and frosting is smooth. Keep warm, stirring occasionally if finished before cake is done baking.

Pour frosting on cake while cake AND frosting are still hot.

Allow to cool to room temperature before cutting.


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