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Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake

Written by Kathrin (2 Comments)

Wonderfully moist, quick and easy chocolate sheet cake with icing. This is the best chocolate sheet cake for any occasion.

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Hey there! This is an absolute favorite recipe for the whole family.

The quick chocolate cake sheet cake with buttermilk and cocoa is easy and just delicious!

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Taste and Occasion

This quick chocolate cake from the baking sheet is not only a genuine all-rounder but, for us currently, also the best chocolate sheet cake ever!

Super moist, fluffy and super easy. The perfect pastry for children's birthdays, parties, coffee get-togethers and Co!

The cake is easy to prepare and stays fresh for two days. But experience shows that the risk of eating the cake in the meantime or nibble every now and then is very large 😉 .

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Ingredients

The recipe is as simple as it is good. The cake ist a regular sponge cake with absolute basic ingredients. Although it tastes extremely chocolaty, there is admittedly no chocolate in it 😉 . If you take it exactly, it is namely a cocoa buttermilk cake.

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After less than half an hour, the chocolate cake comes out of the oven moist and wonderfully fragrant - and then only needs to be covered with chocolate icing or melted chocolate coating.

And, of course, lots of colorful sugar sprinkles. These not only result in the moist chocolate sheet cake with cocoa looking pretty. Their crunchy consistency is also an excellent contrast to the fluffy sponge.

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How to make the Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake

Let's get started with this chocolatey dream!

First of all, preheat the oven to 350°F/175°C. After this, cover a baking sheet with baking paper or grease and dust with flour.

Now, beat the soft butter with the (brown) sugar until fluffy and beat in eggs one at a time until well blended. Then, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir into the egg mixture briefly but vigorously, alternating with the buttermilk.

It's time to spread the dough on the baking sheet and smooth it out. Bake for about 35 minutes and you're basically done.

You only have to let the cake cool and spread it with chocolate icing or coating as well as decorate with sprinkles. Enjoy!

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Top Tip

Recipe Recommendation

Airy zebra cake with cream

The cream instead of butter in the dough makes the cake particularly light, fluffy, and airy. The recipe is also suitable for lemon cakes, marble cakes, and Co.

The buttermilk, in combination with the soda, makes the dough really fluffy and airy. So please do not replace it with regular milk and only baking powder!

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Recipe Card

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Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake

This moist chocolate cake from the baking sheet always hits the spot! The perfect chocolate sheet cake for kids' birthdays, parties and Co - quick and easy to make, super delicious.
Prep Time10 mins
Baking Time35 mins
Calories: 282kcal

Equipment

  • Baking Sheet

Ingredients

For the dough

  • 250 grams (1 cup) butter, soft
  • 220 grams (1 cups) brown sugar
  • 3 eggs, medium
  • 450 grams (3 ½ cups) wheat flour
  • 60 grams (¾ cup) baking cocoa
  • 8 grams (¾ tablespoon) baking powder
  • ¾ teaspoon (1 teaspoon) baking soda
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 400 milliliters (1 ¾ cups) buttermilk

For decorating

  • 200 grams (1 cup) chocolate icing
  • Sugar sprinkles

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350°F/175°C. Cover a baking sheet with baking paper or grease and dust with flour. Beat the soft butter with the (brown) sugar until fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time until well blended.
  • Mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir into the egg mixture briefly but vigorously, alternating with the buttermilk. Spread dough on the baking sheet and smooth out. Bake for about 35 minutes.
  • Let the cake cool. Spread with chocolate icing or chocolate coating and decorate with sprinkles.

Ingredient substitutions

Do you want to replace some ingredients? Here you find tips for baking ingredient substitutions!
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Variations

To be honest, this cake is a tough competition for my other chocolate favorites. Like the easy chocolate jogurt cake and the easy chocolate load cake with glaze.

Oh, and then of course there's the chocolate lava cake, chocolate muffins or the delicious vegan alternative…. But there's nothing like variety on the cake plate, is there?

So, even if you already have a favorite, you should give the easy chocolate sheet cake with icing a try. It might just become your new favorite 🙂 .

Nutrition

Nutrition Facts
Easy Chocolate Sheet Cake
Amount Per Serving
Calories 282 Calories from Fat 126
% Daily Value*
Fat 14g22%
Saturated Fat 8g50%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 54mg18%
Sodium 186mg8%
Potassium 184mg5%
Carbohydrates 37g12%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 18g20%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 381IU8%
Calcium 64mg6%
Iron 2mg11%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Devashish Roy

    September 27, 2021 at 4:14 am

    5 stars
    Very tasty dish
    Superb yummy food

    Reply
    • Kathrin

      September 27, 2021 at 4:37 am

      Thank you so much 🙂

      Reply

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