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Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
This Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake is an irresistibly moist, tender, and decadent one-bowl chocolate cake. Together with the chocolate cream cheese frosting, this cake recipe is a winner.
👥 20 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h⏳ Prep: 20 min🔥 Cook: 40 min👤 Amy Dong📖 chewoutloud
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- pan
- oven
- saucepan
- whisk
- pot
- bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
For the Cake
2
Preheat and Grease
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Preheat oven to 375F with rack on lower middle position. Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan and set aside.
4
Melt the Chocolate
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In a saucepan over medium heat, stir together the sugar, dark chocolate, butter, water, and coffee granules. Occasionally stir until mixture is melted smoothly together. Remove from the heat and let cool slightly, about ⏱️ 10 minutes.
dark chocolate (good quality, roughly chopped)5 ounceswater (240 ml)1 cup
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Whisk and Sift
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Whisk in the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla. Sift the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt into the pot in three additions, whisking gently to combine after each addition. Mixture will be liquidy.
buttermilk (240 ml)1 cupeggs2baking soda2 teaspoonsbaking powder1 teaspoon½ cup unsalted butter (113 grams)salt1 teaspoon½ cup unsalted butter ((113 grams), room temperature)¼ teaspoon salt
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Pour the Batter
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Pour the batter into the greased pan and spread into an even layer. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out mostly clean, 30 to ⏱️ 40 minutes (a few tender crumbs attached is perfect.) Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
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For the Frosting
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Beat Cream Cheese
cream cheese (at room temperature)8 ounces
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Using an electric mixer, beat together the cream cheese and butter on medium-high speed until creamy, about ⏱️ 3 minutes, scraping down the bowl as needed.
cream cheese (at room temperature)8 ounces
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Sift Sugar
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Sift in the powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and salt. Add vanilla. Mix on low speed at first, as powdered sugar can fly upwards; increase to medium-high speed and beat until frosting is smooth and whipped, about ⏱️ 1 minute.
powdered sugar (340 grams)3 cups½ cup unsalted butter (113 grams)salt1 teaspoon½ cup unsalted butter ((113 grams), room temperature)¼ teaspoon salt
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Frost the Cake
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Spread the frosting evenly over the top of the cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts
calories
307 kcal
fat Content
17 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
2 g
sugar Content
23 g
sodium Content
335 mg
protein Content
4 g
trans Fat Content
0.4 g
cholesterol Content
54 mg
carbohydrate Content
54 g
saturated Fat Content
10 g
unsaturated Fat Content
6 g
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