Grandma Betty’s Chocolate sheet cake

(from mal246’s recipe box)

Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/8 tsp salt
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1/4 cup cocoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • Frosting
  • 1 stick butter
  • 4 Tbsp cocoa
  • 6 Tbsp milk
  • 1 package powdered sugar (approx. 2-3c.)

Directions

  1. Mix sugar, flour, salt and cinnamon in a bowl, set aside

  2. In a sauce pan bring butter, oil, cocoa and water to a boil

  3. Pour over dry mixture

  4. Dissolve soda in buttermilk

  5. Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla to mixture and mix well

  6. Pour into a greased and floured 12×18 pan

  7. Bake @ 400degrees for 20min

  8. 5 min before cake is done make frosting:

  9. Boil butter, cocoa and milk

  10. Pour over powdered sugar in a bowl

  11. Pour frosting on cake as soon as it comes out of the oven

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