How to Cook Perfect Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake

Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake. Mix together in a bowl: flour, sugar and baking soda. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. While cake is baking, make the icing.

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla and eggs. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. You can cook Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake

1. It's 16 Tbsp. of unsalted butter in 16 pieces.
2. You need 1 Tbsp. of Butter to grease pan.
3. It's 2 1/2 cups of all purpose flour.
4. It's 2 cups of sugar.
5. You need 1 tsp of baking soda.
6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of salt.
7. You need 1/4 cup of cocoa.
8. You need 1/2 cup of buttermilk.
9. It's 2 of eggs lightly beatened.
10. It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
11. It's 1 1/2 cups of water.
12. It's of For the frosting.
13. It's 8 Tbsp of unsalted butter in 8 pieces.
14. You need 1 of \4 cup cocoa.
15. It's 6 Tbsp of buttermilk.
16. It's 1 tsp of vanilla.
17. You need 1/4 tsp of salt.
18. Prepare 1 pound of confectioners sugar.
19. You need 1/2 cup of chopped walnuts or pecans (optional).

Since I live in New Jersey maybe I should rename it NJ 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.

Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake step by step

1. 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..
2. 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..
3. 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..
4. 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.
5. 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..

Adapted from ''The Junior League at Home,'' (G. Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake. cooking.nytimes.com CNicole. loading. Denver Chocolate sheet cake: complete guide to prescribe bakery No matter you are thinking, a Denver chocolate sheet cake is not a Texas sheet cake! 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.