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Chocolate Sheet Cake
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Brief Description
This easy to make yet hard-to-beat stunner is a light version of the rich and fudgy crowd pleaser sometimes called a Texas Sheet Cake.
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Main Ingredient
flour
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Category: Cakes
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Cuisine: Southern
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Prep Time: 20 min(s)
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Cook Time: 20 min(s)
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Recipe Type: Public
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Notes:
Per serving: 298 calories (30% from fat); 10 g fat (sat. 5.5 g, mono 3.2 g, poly 0.7 g); 3.1 g protein; 49.8 g carb; 0.5 g fiber; 44 mg chol; 1.1 mg iron; 188 mg sodium; 25 mg calc.
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Posted By: mssavy
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Posted On: Dec 26, 2015
Number of Servings:
Ingredients:
- 2 cups - all-purpose flour
- 2 cups - granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoons - baking soda
- 1 teaspoons - ground cinnamon optional
- 1/4 teaspoons - salt
- 3/4 cups - water
- 1/2 cups - butter or stick margarine
- 1/4 cups - unsweetened cocoa
- 1/2 cups - low-fat buttermilk
- 1 teaspoons - vanilla extract
- 2 - large eggs
- 6 tablespoons - butter or stick margarine
- 1/3 cups - fat-free milk
- 1/4 cups - unsweetened cocoa
- 3 cups - powdered sugar
- 1/4 cups - chopped pecans toasted
- 2 teaspoons - vanilla extract
- - cooking spray
- 2 teaspoons - all-purpose flour
Directions:
For Cake:
1. Preheat oven to 375° F.
2. To prepare pan, coat a 15 by 10-inch jelly roll pan with cooking spray and dust with 2 teaspoons flour (shaking off excess).
3. Lightly spoon 2 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level off with a knife. Combine 2 cups flour and next 4 ingredients (sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt) in a large bowl; stir well with a whisk.
4. Combine water, 1/2 cup butter, and 1/4 cup cocoa in small saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring frequently. Remove from heat; pour over flour mixture. Beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add buttermilk, vanilla and eggs; beat well.
5. Pour batter into prepared pan; bake at 375° for 17 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Place on a wire rack to cool.
For Icing:
1. Combine 6 tablespoons butter with milk and cocoa in a medium saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and gradually stir in powdered sugar, pecans and 2 teaspoons vanilla.
2. Spread over hot cake; cool completely on wire rack.
Note: You can also make this recipe in a 13 by 9-inch baking pan; bake at 375° for 22 minutes.
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