Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake. The frosting will be runny, but it hardens as it cools. It is also good with a seven-minute frosting. I serve it cut up like brownies.
The cake is what it is.
A Denver chocolate sheet cake is a particular type of sheet cake and the recipe first published in the Denver Junior League Cookbook.
Mix together in a bowl: flour, sugar and baking soda.
You can have Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake
- It's of unsalted butter in 16 pieces.
- You need of Butter to grease pan.
- Prepare of all purpose flour.
- Prepare of sugar.
- You need of baking soda.
- Prepare of salt.
- It's of cocoa.
- Prepare of buttermilk.
- You need of eggs lightly beatened.
- You need of vanilla.
- You need of water.
- Prepare of For the frosting.
- It's of unsalted butter in 8 pieces.
- You need of \4 cup cocoa.
- You need of buttermilk.
- Prepare of vanilla.
- You need of salt.
- It's of confectioners sugar.
- You need of chopped walnuts or pecans (optional).
Just Desserts Delicious Desserts Dessert Recipes Frosting Recipes Chocolate Desserts Chocolate Flavors Chocolate Cake Chocolate Chips Yummy. I made the recipe as instructed but added chopped pecans on top. The cake itself is not too sweet but with the very sweet topping creates a perfect combination. This was a super easy recipe and my first cake from scratch.
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..
It got a silent reaction because my family was too busy inhaling this cake. While cake is baking, make the icing. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Mix flour, sugar and soda in a bowl.