Last updated on November 20th, 2024
Hello my pretties. Today is all about the best chocolate sheet cake recipe in town, ever.
After I posted the Best and Yummiest Carrot Sheet Cake Recipe Ever the other day I was blown away by how much you guys enjoyed that post (Yay, thank-you!!). Sooooo, I thought why not continue the love and happiness by providing you with more sugar and a lot of chocolate. YES! Now for a Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe…it was just a natural progression you guys. Inevitable. Sheet cake recipes are just so awesome for so many reasons eg. you can feed at least 16 friends, transport it easily, cover it easily, stack it easily (say if you made 2 or 3 for a school fair or something) and the ratio of icing to cake is just perfect.
I was considerate though, don’t you think, for not posting this recipe mid-week? I was mindful of the fact that many of you may actually be trying to eat well Monday-Friday.
So now that it is Friday….that chain of thought ends today, right? Right?!! Hello, Chocolate Sheet Cake?
Okeeeee, now that we are on the same page…. 🙂 Let’s talk about this magical cake. Some time ago I posted a chocolate cake called “Mom’s Chocolate Cake” (from Chef Brad) and it didn’t get a huge amount of attention which was such an injustice because the cake was heaven on a plate let me tell you!!! Perhaps the name of the recipe wasn’t a good choice from an SEO perspective? Nonetheless, it was moist and rich and all things that a good chocolate cake should be.
And then I did some research and investigating and this recipe was actually almost identical to the Pioneer Woman’s Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe. So Brad’s moms chocolate cake was in fact Ree’s chocolate cake or Ree’s Chocolate cake was Chef Brad’s mom’s chocolate cake. Anyway, the point is that we had Pioneer Woman’s standards right here on JustEasyRecipes and we were none the wiser, except we knew that the cake was AMAZINGGGGGG!
Long story short, I made a few adjustments to the “Moms Chocolate Cake” recipe that we had on here originally, baked it as a sheet cake and now it’s called The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe in Town!
The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe in Town
Prep Time: 10- Cook Time: 45
- Total Time: 55 minutes
Yield: 16 servings 1x
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The recipe everyone has to have – an absolutely delicious, melt-in-the-mouth fail proof, flop proof chocolate cake recipe. And here it is!
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 250ml water
- 250g butter
- ¼ cup cocoa, heaped
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee
- 2 cups white sugar
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 eggs lightly whisked (I used a manual beater for 1 minute)
- ½ cup plain yoghurt or buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
For the Icing
- 2 cups sifted icing sugar
- ½ cup cocoa
- 90ml melted butter
- 1/3 cup plain yoghurt / buttermilk
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius
- Mix the dry ingredients together
- Mix the wet ingredients together
- Fold the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and combine until smooth
- Pour into a rectangular baking dish
- Bake in your preheated oven for 40 – 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool before icing.
For the Icing:
- Mix the icing sugar, cocoa, melted butter and buttermilk(or yoghurt) together and stir until well combined.
- Spread over the cake once cooled.
Notes
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Sure looks yummy 🙂
Thanks Marily! It sure is!!!
Gosh, this looks divine! I would love to try this tomorrow. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get yogurt or buttermilk in time though, are there any substitute ingredients I might be able to use instead?
You can add 1 cup milk + 1 Tbsp vinegar (white, apple cider or rice vinegar) – Allow mixture to stand for five minutes prior to use.
These are so divine….want some more..Mm mm
Me too Renay!!
Is there a substitute for Instant coffee?
Yummy cake…This was such an easy recipe to follow and I tried it and my husband totally loved it… I actually make this every two weeks
Trying this cake right now! Can’t wait for the end result 🙂
Hi Louise,
I am not really good when it comes to baking, but a big but this recipe is totally foolproof! It’s so easy and delicious!
I’ve also made the lemon Loaf of yours.. Wow I love it!
Thanks for your easy recipes, I look forward to trying more
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What’s the method for the icing? Do I just mix all ingredients together?
Hi Ayesha, goodness, so sorry I see it has disappeared – I have added it in now. You simply add all the icing ingredients together and mix until well combined and then spread over the cake once cooled. Enjoy Xx