Chocolate Sheet Cake

Moist and delicious rich chocolate cake with creamy homemade chocolate frosting.
This is the perfect easy homemade birthday cake recipe!

Servings: 16 slices

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Prep Time
15 minutes

Cook Time
30 minutes

Total Time
45 minutes

Dessert

American

chocolate sheet cake chocolate cake with chocolate frosting

Instructions

1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2 For the cake: In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda,
salt and cocoa powder.
3 In the bowl of your stand mixer, add vegetable oil, milk, eggs and vanilla
extract. Beat over medium speed with paddle attachment to combine. Pour flour
mixture into the wet ingredients and mix to combine. Finally, pour in hot coffee
and mix to combine (batter will be slightly runny).
4 Next, pour cake batter into a parchment paper lined or lightly oiled 8"x 8"
baking dish. Place cake in the oven and bake for 30-33 minutes until a toothpick
runs through the cake and comes out clean.
5 Remove cake from oven and let cool completely.
6 While the cake is cooling, prepare the chocolate frosting:
7 In the bowl of your stand mixer add butter, vanilla extract, 1 cup powdered
sugar, and cocoa powder. Mix over medium-high speed with paddle attachment until
powders are well combined. Add remaining powdered sugar and mix until you have a
nice creamy chocolate frosting.
8 Once the cake is completely cooled, frost the cake with a pastry spatula or
knife. Slice and serve!