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Super Chocolate Sheet Cake with Chocolate Frosting

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Cake

Ingredients:

  • 1 package devil’s food cake
  • 1 package instant chocolate pudding
  • 1¼ cup hot water
  • ½ cup melted butter
  • 3 large eggs + 2 egg yolks
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1 13″ x 9″ metal cake pan

Instructions:

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Step 2: Combine all ingredients, except the chocolate chips, and use an electric mixer to beat the mixture for 1 minute until smooth.

Step 3: Fold in the chocolate chips and pour into the oiled/floured sheet pan.

Step 4: Bake for 35-40 minutes until the top of the cake bounces back to your finger. Allow to cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack. 

Frosting

Ingredients:

  • 1½ sticks of butter, melted
  • ⅔ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ cup milk
  • 6 cups of confectioner’s sugar

Instructions:

Step 1: In a saucepan over low heat, stir the cocoa and milk into the melted butter until it begins to boil.

Step 2: Cook at a boil for 1 minute, then remove it from the heat and stir in the sugar.

Step 3: Pour the warm frosting over the sheet cake. 

image: Getty / Fenot Eric

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