A Chocolate Lovers Dream!!
The last two days here have been bad!! I am praying for all the families that have lost loved ones in this horrible rain. We have been very blessed, but I can tell you first hand what it is like to have your house flooded. It is just stuff, though. Anyway…….. We need something to make us all feel better so let’s talk chocolate. This is my GO TO dessert for company, ALTA, potluck, parties and brunch. You get the picture. It works for most any event. I promise you all your friends and family will love it!!!
I first became acquainted with this special cake when I was a new teacher in Wilkinson County. Marjoe Baisden gave me her version. Since then I have tweaked it a bit. So here it is for you to just put your face into it if you want to. That is what GI Joe wants to do every time that I make it. He likes it hot with vanilla ice cream, but I have seen him eat right out of the pan with a spoon.
Yummy Chocolate Sheet Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups self rising flour
- 2 sticks of butter
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Mix dry ingredients. In saucepan melt butter, cocoa and water on low heat. Add to dry ingredients. Mix. (DO NOT use a mixer) Slightly beat eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Add to mixture. Mix. Pour into a 15 x 10 x 1 in. jelly roll pan that has been greased and floured. Bake about 20 min. at 400 degrees.
Frosting
- 1 stick butter
- 3 Tablespoons cocoa
- 5 Tablespoons milk
- 1 box powdered sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
Melt butter, cocoa, and milk. Do this on low heat. If heated at too high a temperature the butter will clarify making your icing separate. Add to sugar and nuts. Mix. Frost cake while hot. Place icing by the tablespoon all over the cake then smooth out the frosting. This will keep from tearing the cake as you frost it. Here are pictures to guide you along. Enjoy!
Flour and sugar in a mixing bowl
Melting butter, water and cocoa
Greased and floured jelly roll pan
Melted butter, cocoa and water
Whisking eggs, buttermilk and vanilla
Mixing dry and wet ingredients
Ready to bake
Frosting - melting butter and cocoa
Powdered sugar, chocolate and nuts for frosting
Chocolate Icing
Cooked cake
Ready to dig into!!!
The Teacher Cooks 
That looks yummy!! I’m so glad that you’ve put all these tasty recipes on your blog! We can access them whenever we need them!! Thank you!
Wow! Very simple and nice! Love the pecans in the frosting!
Thanks
Yummy… anything with chocolate…I’m there. Who could pass up chocolate?!?! It looks great. Wish we could make that in class.
Maybe we will have time. Thanks for stopping by.
It looks really good.
I’m thinking that I’m gonna need to make this at home, it looks too tempting. Looks good!
This looks delicious!
the cake looks very good 🙂
This looks really yummy! 🙂
Tried the recipe and it turned out very good! My dad basically ate the whole thing by himself! LOL
This looks really good!
Looks amazing. Going to have to make this at home! :]
🙂 THANKS FOR SAYING YOU NEED TO PUT ONE TEASPOON OF VANILLA IN “THE BEST EVER CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE” 🙂
I would’ve never thought to put the icing on the cake just a little a time all over the cake as opposed to just spreading it all at once! Great tip!
i didnt know you couldnt use a blender and to just mix everything by hand, ill keep that in mind. thanks!
I never would have known that if you melt butter, cocoa, and milk at a very high temperature the butter will make your icing separate.
Wow, this sounds delicious, and I love the way you make the frosting, with nuts, I’ve never seen that before.
Using a spoon to put on icing seems alot easier than just pouring it on and then smoothing it out. Thanks for the tip!
I never knew that you could use things like nuts in a frosting.
looks so goood ! mixing the nuts with the icing is new, never saw that before!
i’ve never used cocoa in chocolate cake.
i learned how to make a chocolate cake from scratch and its almost taste as good as the kroger cakes
Love love love chocolate sheet cake!
I love chocolate. This recipe looks great and easy to make. I will definitely try it.
th e cake was good maybe one day i will make it my self