Chocolate Sheet Cake for Two
Leigh Anne
When a full Texas Sheet Cake is just too much cake this recipe for Chocolate Sheet Cake for Two is the answer!
6 servings
10 minutes
15 minutes
- 1⁄2 cup all purpose flour
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄4 tsp salt
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1 heaping Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 1⁄2 Tbsp buttermilk
- 1⁄4 cup hot water (out of the tap)
- 1⁄4 tsp baking soda
- 1⁄4 tsp vanilla
- 2 Tbsp butter
- 1 1⁄2 Tbsp milk (I use whipping cream but can also use buttermilk)
- 1 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1⁄4 tsp vanilla
- Mix together flour, sugar and salt in a small mixing bowl.
- In a small sauce pan combine butter, cocoa and water. Stir until butter melts and mixture comes to a boil.
- Pour mixture over dry ingredients and stir to combine.
- Add in egg yolk, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Stir to combine.
- Pour mixture into a greased 9 x 7 inch baking pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- As soon as cake comes out of oven mix up frosting.
- In a small sauce pan combine butter ,milk, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar.
- Stir until butter melts and ingredients are combined. Frosting will be thin. Do not allow it to boil.
- Add in vanilla.
- Pour hot frosting over hot cake out of the oven.
- Spread to cover cake.