Chocolate Sheet Cake (Pappaw's).
You can cook Chocolate Sheet Cake (Pappaw's) using 18 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Chocolate Sheet Cake (Pappaw's)
- You need 2 cups of AP flour.
- You need 2 cups of granulated sugar.
- You need 4 tbsp of (heaping) Cocoa powder.
- You need 1/2 tsp of Salt.
- It's 1 stick of Butter.
- You need 1/2 cup of corn oil.
- Prepare 1 cup of boiling water.
- Prepare 2 of Eggs.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Buttermilk.
- You need 1 tsp of Baking Soda.
- You need 1 tsp of Vanilla.
- You need of ICING.
- It's 1 1/2 sticks of Butter.
- You need 4 tbsp of (heaping) Cocoa.
- You need 3 cups of Powdered Sugar.
- It's 1 tbsp of Vanilla.
- It's 6 tbsp of Milk (can be part whole milk , part Buttermilk or all of either) taste does not change.
- It's of Optional - 1 cup chopped pecans.
Chocolate Sheet Cake (Pappaw's) instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In large bowl mix flour, sugar, and salt..
- In medium saucepan melt 1 stick butter, oil, and cocoa. Bring to a boil and let it boil for about 1 minute. Add boiling water. Let this mixture boil for another minute. Remove from stove and pour over flour mixture. Stir all together and let it cool while preparing other ingredients..
- In another bowl add Buttermilk, eggs, vanilla, and Baking Soda. Beat this mixture well and then add to the flour mixture..
- Pour well mixed batter into 11 x 17 baking sheet. Place in oven and cook 20-25 minutes..
- ICING: You will need to prepare this when cake has about 5 mins cooking time left. Icing needs to be added while cake is still warm. In saucepan melt 1 1/2 sticks Butter. Add Cocoa stirring until smooth. Remove from heat. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. Stir until smooth. Optional: You add nuts at this point. Mix well into icing..
- Pour icing over warm cake. Smooth it all over. Enjoy..