Ruth's Chocolate Sheet Cake

Ruth's Chocolate Sheet Cake photo
prep time:
20 min
total time:
1 hr
Big sheet cake
SandraSandra

Chocolate Sheet Cake - Great for Parties

ingredients

  • CAKE:
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 1/2 T Cocoa
  • 2 sticks butter
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk that 1 tsp soda has been added to
  • FROSTING:
  • 3 1/2 T Cocoa
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup sweet milk
  • 1 Box Confectioners sugar
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts

directions

  • 1

    Stir by hand:

  • 2

    2 cups flour

  • 3

    2 cups sugar

  • 4

    HEAT on stove to boiling:

  • 5

    3 1/2 T Cocoa

  • 6

    2 sticks butter

  • 7

    1 cup water

  • 8

    Add to dry mixture. Then add 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla, & 1/2 cup buttermilk that 1 tsp baking soda has been added to.

  • 9

    Bake in greased and floured cookie sheet or jelly roll pan 20 minutes at 400.

  • 10

    FROSTING:

  • 11

    10 minutes before cake is done start the frosting:

  • 12

    HEAT UNTIL MELTED:

  • 13

    3 1/2 T Cocoa

  • 14

    1 stick butter

  • 15

    1/2 cup sweet milk

  • 16

    Take off stove and add 1 Box Confectioners Sugar anad 1 cup chopped nuts.

  • 17

    When cake is done take out of oven and frost immediately.

notes

This recipe comes from my neighbor N. Territorial Rd. Ruth Kimball. I made it whenever we had a big family get together or a buffet.

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