Chocolate Sheet Cake

Chocolate Sheet Cake

This easy chocolate sheet cake is moist and delicious! Topped with a delicious chocolate frosting, it’s a perfect cake for birthdays!

Chocolate Sheet Cake

Celina Swartz
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

Cake

  • 1 1/2 cups All purpose flour
  • 1 tsp Baking soda
  • 1/4 tsp Salt
  • 3 Eggs
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Milk
  • 1/2 cup Cocoa powder
  • 1 1/2 cups Granulated sugar
  • 2/3 cups Vegetable oil

Chocolate Frosting

  • 1/2 cup Cocoa powder
  • 1 cup Unsalted butter, softened
  • 4-6 tbsp Milk
  • 3 cups Powdered sugar
  • Sprinkles

Instructions
 

Cake

  • Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Grease a 9×13 inch pan with non stick spray.
  • Sift together the flour, salt, baking soda, and cocoa powder into a large bowl and whisk to combine.
  • In the bowl of a stand mixer add the oil, sugar, vanilla and eggs and beat together. Then beat in the milk.
  • Carefully beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients about 1 cup at a time.
  • Pour the batter into the prepared pan, and bake for 30 minutes, or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean. Let cool before you add the frosting.

For the Frosting

  • In the bowl of a stand mixer beat the butter until well softened. 
  • Shift together the powdered sugar and the cocoa powder then whisk to combine.
  • Beat the cocoa powder & powdered sugar mixture into the butter about 1 cup at at time, alternating with 1 tablespoon of milk until the desired sweetness and consistency is reached. 
  • Frost the chocolate cake and decorate with sprinkles. ENJOY!
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