The Pioneer Woman was not kidding when she dubbed this recipe as “The best chocolate cake ever”. Seriously, its heavenly! I have made it three times in as many months and everybody that has tried it as loved it! This makes quite a bit of cake, so unless you want to gain 10lbs quickly, plan to give most of it away. Daycare teachers and co-workers love it, so spoil them!
Where I live its considered high altitude, which means we follow the special instructions on cake mixes and stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to see that this recipe worked just fine without any adjustments for altitude!
Oh, I was out of pecans when I made it this time around. It worked fine, but we thought it tasted much better with the pecans. Also, you get alot of powdered sugar clumps if you don’t have the pecans in to help mix them out!
Here we go!
Mix 2c. flour with 2c. sugar, add 1/4tsp salt and set aside.
In a saucepan, melt 2 sticks butter.
Once melted, add 4 heaping Tbsp Cocoa. Stir together.
Then add 1 c. boiling water. Allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds and remove from heat.
Pour boiling mixture into flour/sugar mixture and stir lightly to cool.
In a measuring cup, pour 1/2c buttermilk and add two eggs. I beat them in the cup with the buttermilk! Add 1tsp baking soda and 1 tsp vanilla.
Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture.
Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.
While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. (Though I didn’t have any pecans in the house, so I skipped them this time around.) Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.
Here is the recipe…
The Best Chocolate Cake Ever!
CAKE Ingredients
2 cups Flour
2 cups Sugar
¼ teaspoons Salt
4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
2 sticks Butter
1 cup Boiling Water
½ cups Buttermilk
2 whole Beaten Eggs
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Vanilla
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FOR FROSTING:
½ cups Finely Chopped Pecans
1-¾ stick Butter
4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
6 Tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 pound (minus 1/2 Cup) Powdered Sugar
Preparation Instructions
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.
Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.
While cake is baking, make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.
Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you’ve just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.
~Valerie
