This cake is unbelievably easy and delicious- it’s moist and sweet and chocolate-y even though it only has cocoa and coffee in it. Actually it has more coffee in it but the cocoa flavor balanced it well. The recipe below is adapted from the famous texas sheet cake floating on the web..there are so many recipes that are alike from different sites, I tweaked it to suit my small sheet pan and my craving for mocha cake. 8)
Mix the cocoa-coffee mixture to the dry ingredients..
..then pour in the milk-egg mixture, mix well..
..pour into sheet pan and bake
..then immediately pour the frosting;
sprinkle some roasted chopped pecans
..cut into squares and serve with a smile! Enjoy! 🙂
Mocha Sheet Cake
This cake is unbelievably easy and delicious- it’s moist and sweet and chocolate-y even though it only has cocoa and coffee in it.
Servings 4 people
Ingredients
FOR THE SHEET CAKE:
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 dash Salt
- 1 tablespoon Cocoa
- 2 tablespoons Coffee Powder
- ¼ stick Butter or margarine
- ¾ cup Water boiling / or hot strong coffee
- ¼ cup Evaporated Milk
- 1 pc Egg
- ½ teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Vanilla Extract
FOR THE FROSTING:
- 1 tablespoon Butter or margarine
- 1 tablespoon Cocoa
- 3 tablespoons Milk
- 2 drops Vanilla Extract
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar
- Pecans roasted and chopped / for garnish
Instructions
FOR THE SHEET CAKE:
- In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
- In a saucepan, melt butter then add cocoa, stir until well blended.
- Add hot coffee/ boiling water and coffee powder, bring to a boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat.
- Pour over flour mixture, and stir.
- Combine evaporated milk and egg, baking soda, and vanilla.
- Stir well and add mixture into butter/chocolate mixture.
- Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 15-20 minutes.
FOR THE FROSTING:
- Meanwhile, make the icing.
- Melt butter in a saucepan, add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
- Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
- Stir until smooth then pour this over warm cake.
- Top cake with some chopped pecans or any nuts of your choice.
- Cut into squares, or just spoon some into a bowl and enjoy! 🙂
♥ Have a nice day!! 🙂 ♥
