Triple Chocolate Sheet Cake
Ingredients
Sheet Cake
- Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips I use milk chocolate
Frosting
- 1 stick butter
- 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 3/4 cups powder sugar
- 1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
Sheet Cake
- Preheat your oven to 350℉.
- In a large bowl add the flour, sugar, salt and baking soda and mix together and set aside.
- In a pan, melt the butter, then add the cocoa powder and water, stir and bring to a boil.
- Take the butter/cocoa mix and pour into the bowl with the flour and mix together thoroughly.
- In a small bowl, beat the eggs and the vanilla add the buttermilk (buttermilk can be made by adding a teaspoon of lemon juice or vinegar into milk and letting it sit for a minute).
- Add the small bowl egg mixture into the larger bowl mix and incorporate together well.
- Add the chocolate chips and mix again.
- Take a a sheet pan and spray with cooking spray.
- Place a cookie sheet under the pan if it is not sturdy (or disposable)
- Pour the batter into the sheet and use a spatula to spread it out evenly.
- Place into the oven and cook for 20-25 minutes, until testing with a toothpick comes out clean.
- With a few minutes left to bake, start your frosting recipe.
- Once done baking, remove from heat and when the cake it warm, pour the frosting all over the cake. Spread it out evenly and allow to cool slightly.
Frosting
- In a pan, melt the butter.
- Add the cocoa powder and milk and bring to a boil for 30 seconds.
- Remove from the heat and add the vanilla and mix.
- Add in the powder sugar. (I recommend sifting the powder sugar so you don't get lumps)
- Stir until incorporated.
- Pour onto the cake and spread out with a spatula until evenly all over the cake.
- Sprinkle the mini chips on the cake and allow to cool.