Chocolate Sheet Cake

Flora Lehr developed this recipe. It has become a favorite at family gatherings.

Ingredients

• Baking soda                      1 teaspoon
• Butter (Oleo)                     1 stick
• Buttermilk                         ½ cup
• Cocoa                                4 tablespoons
• Eggs                                  2
• Flour (sifted)                     2 cups
• Shorting or veg. oil           ½ cup
• Sugar                                 2 cups                                  
• Vanilla extract                  1 teaspoon
• Water (cold) 1 cup

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees
2. In a large mixing bowl, sift 2 cups flour
3. Add 2 cups sugar to the mixing bowl
4. Add 4 tablespoons of cocoa to the mixing bowl
5. Mix the ingredient in the large mixing bowl
6. In a sauce pan, add 1 stick of butter (Oleo)
7. Add ½ cup shorting or vegetable oil  to sauce pan
8. Add 1 cup of (cold) water to sauce pan
9. Bring sauce pan ingredients to a boil
10. Pour (hot) sauce pan mixture into the large mixing bowl (with flour, sugar and cocoa)
11. Mix well the ingredients in the large mixing bowl
12. Add ½ cup buttermilk to a separate small mixing bowl
13. Add 1 teaspoon baking soda to the small mixing bowl and dissolve in the buttermilk
14. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to the small mixing bowl and mix
15. Pour the small mixing bowl ingredients into the large mixing bowl
16. Add 2 eggs to the large mixing bowl
17. Mix well the ingredients in the large mixing bowl
18. Grease cookie sheet/pan with butter
19. Pour ingredients from large mixing bowl into the greased cookie sheet/pan
20. Spread the mixture evenly in the cookie sheet/pan (11”x116”)
21. Put cookie sheet/pan into oven
22. Bake for 18-20 minutes

This recipe was created from recipes provided by Beverly Lehr, Susan Eaton and Connie Sandberg

Icing

Ingredients

• Butter or margarine           1 stick
• Cocoa                                4 tablespoons
• Milk                                  1/3  cup
• Powdered Sugar                1 pound (box)
• Nuts (optional)                  1 cup
• Vanilla extract                  1 teaspoon

Directions

1. In a medium sauce pan, combine 1 butter stick and 1/3 cup of milk until the butter is melted and well combined
2. Add the ingredients from the sauce pan to a mixing bowl
3. Add 1 pound of powdered sugar to the mixing bowl
4. Add 4 tablespoons of cocoa to the mixing bowl
5. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract to the mixing bowl
6. Add 1 cup of nuts to the mixing bowl (optional)
7. Using a mixer, combine the ingredients in the mixing bowl
8. Spread the ingredients in the mixing bowl over the cake, while it is still warm

This recipe was provided by Beverly Lehr