Missouri Chocolate Sheetcake
Recipe from The Food Channel

Buttermilk and cocoa powder turn what looks like an average chocolate cake into an unbelievably tender and moist cake with buttery chocolate icing and toasted pecans.


Missouri Chocolate Sheetcake

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Servings: Serves 12
Prep Time: 15 mins
Related Categories: Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Cake
 
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Ingredients
  • 2  cups
    sugar
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  • 2  cups
    flour
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  • 1  teaspoon
    baking soda
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  • 1/2  teaspoon
    salt
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  • 3 1/2  sticks
    butter, divided
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  • 3/4  cup
    plus 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
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  • 1  cup
    boiling water
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  • 2 
    eggs
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  • 3  teaspoons
    vanilla, divided
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  • 1/2  cup
    plus 6 tablespoons buttermilk
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  • 6  cups
    powdered sugar
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  • 1  cup
    pecans, toasted
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Directions
1.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 10x15x1 1/2 inch cookie sheet or jelly roll pan.
2.
Sift together sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
3.
Melt two sticks butter in a medium saucepan and stir in 4 tablespoons cocoa and boiling water. Stir until boiling. Pour over dry ingredients and mix.
4.
Then add eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/2 cup buttermilk. Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
5.
Bake for 15-20 minutes or until center springs back when touched.
6.
While cake is in the oven, prepare icing. Mix together, 1 1/2 sticks melted butter, 9 tablespoons cocoa, 6 tablespoons buttermilk, and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Gradually mix in powdered sugar, then fold in pecans. Pour over cake as soon as it finishes baking. Serve warm or at room temperature.

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