Steps to Cook Perfect Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake

Hey everyone, I hope you are having an amazing day. Today I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake. It is one of my favourite food recipe, this time i’am gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake Recipe.

You can have Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake using 19 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake

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

Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake instructions

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..