Chocolate Sheet Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3/4 cup cocoa (hershey's special dark works very well)
• 1 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 8 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 4 large eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 325 degrees and make sure the oven rack is positioned in the middle of the oven.
• 2 grease a 13 by 9-inch baking pan.
• 3 sift together the cocoa, flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• 4 set aside.
• 5 heat the chocolate and butter in a microwave-safe bowl covered with plastic wrap for 2 minutes at 50% power.
• 6 stir until smooth.
• 7 if not fully melted, heat for another minute at 50% power.
• 8 chocolate can also be melted in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan containing 2 inches of simmering water.
• 9 mix together with a whisk the eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
• 10 whisk in the buttermilk until smooth.
• 11 add the chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and whisk till combined.
• 12 whisk in the dry ingredients until the batter is smooth and glossy.
• 13 pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• 14 bake until a toothpick comes out clean, about 40 minutes.
• 15 cool on a wire rack until room temperature, about an hour.
• 16 ice with frosting or serve unfrosted with lightly sweetened whipped cream.
• 17 enjoy!