Kuiphof Family Recipes

Here's another delicious creation from "Pioneer Woman's" website. Enjoy!


Chocolate Sheet Cake
(For step-by-step instructions with photos & funny captions, click here.)

Combine in a mixing bowl:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt

Set aside.

In a saucepan, melt:

• 2 sticks butter
• Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa.

Stir together. Add 1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

Set aside.

In measuring cup, pour:

• 1/2 cup buttermilk

Add:

• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350° for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing:

• Chop 1/2 cup pecans finely.
• Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in a saucepan.
• Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.

Add:

• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Stir together. Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you've just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.