Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake.
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Ingredients of Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake
- You need of unsalted butter in 16 pieces.
- It’s of Butter to grease pan.
- Prepare of all purpose flour.
- Prepare of sugar.
- It’s of baking soda.
- It’s of salt.
- You need of cocoa.
- Prepare of buttermilk.
- Prepare of eggs lightly beatened.
- You need of vanilla.
- Prepare of water.
- Prepare of For the frosting.
- You need of unsalted butter in 8 pieces.
- You need of \4 cup cocoa.
- It’s of buttermilk.
- You need of vanilla.
- Prepare of salt.
- Prepare of confectioners sugar.
- Prepare of chopped walnuts or pecans (optional).
Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake instructions
- For cake : Place oven rake in middle position. preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9 x 13 inch sheet pan. Combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Whisk well..
- Combine butter, cocoa and 1 1\2 cups water in a medium sauce pan over medium-low heat. Whisk frequently until butter has melted and mixture is smooth, glossy and bubbling around the edges. Remove from heat..
- Fold cocoa mixture into dry ingredients until combined. Stir in buttermilk, eggs and vanilla. pour batter into greased and floured pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes. Remove from oven and cool completely on a oven rack..
- For frosting : Combine butter, cocoa and buttermilk in a small saucepan over medium low heat. Whisk until butter has melted and mixture is smooth and bubbling around edges. Remove from heat and transfer to a standing mixer bowl.
- Mix on low speed, add vanilla, salt, sugar and nuts if using. Pour warm frosting over top of cake and smooth with a spatula. Allow frosting to become firm before slicing..
recipe by Bill Duffy @cookpad