CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Ingredients

1 ¼ Cups Butter or Margarine
½ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa
1 Cup Water
2 Cups Unsifted Flour
1 ½ Cups Firmly Packed Brown Sugar
1 Tsp. Baking Soda
1 Tsp. Ground Cinnamon
½ Tsp. Salt
1 (14-oz.) can Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 Eggs
1 Tsp. Vanilla Extract
1 Cup Confectioners’ Sugar
1 Cup Nuts, Chopped (Optional)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 
  2. In small saucepan, melt 1 cup butter or margarine; stir in ¼ cup cocoa, then water.  Bring to a boil; remove from heat. 
  3. In large mixer bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. 
  4. Add cocoa mixture; beat well. 
  5. Stir in 1/3 cup sweetened condensed milk, eggs and vanilla. 
  6. Pour mixture into a greased 15 x 10 inch jellyroll pan. 
  7. Bake 15 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. 
  8. In small saucepan, melt remaining ¼ cup butter or margarine; add remaining ¼ cup cocoa and remaining sweetened condensed milk. 
  9. Stir in confectioners’ sugar and nuts (optional).  Spread on warm cake.

RECIPE FROM QUICK & EASY DESSERTS, JUNE 1986