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Light As a Feather Chocolate Sheet Cake

July 25, 2011 by Maureen 47 Comments

I’m sure you’re like me and you visit food blogs galore and then one post just hits you so hard you have to go to the kitchen right that minute and make whatever it was that hit your hot button?  Surely I’m not the only one.  It happened to me again today.  I was doing the rounds of my favorite bloggers and I visited Add A Pinch and saw her mother’s chocolate sheet cake.  It looked so moist and chocolatey and I knew I had all the ingredients.  I was salivating as I went down the stairs to the kitchen.

light as a feather chocolate sheet cake

Those of you in the US just open the fridge and get out a stick of butter that her recipe calls for and pop it in the pan, right?  Well, I speak American but I live in Australia and our butter comes in 250 or 500 grams.  NOT four ounces.

weighing 4 ounces of butter

Robyn’s mother’s cake is so easy and quick to make, I can’t imagine not making it often.  You melt butter and add the cocoa in a heavy bottomed pan.

melted butter and cocoa powder

Then once it’s melted and combined, toss in all the dry ingredients and stir.

mixing chocolate cake

Once that’s mixed together add the eggs one at a time.  This gives me an opportunity to beg you, if you aren’t already using free range eggs, please do it.  Do it for the girls who lay these eggs.  Chickens might not be too bright but if you’ve ever owned any you’d never buy caged eggs again. See how yellow the yolk is?  That’s because the girl who laid this egg got fresh green goodies and bugs to eat.

adding an egg to cake batter

Once the eggs are in add in 1/2 cup of buttermilk and some baking soda.  This was the only bit that took a few minutes.  I kept thinking the buttermilk was never going to incorporate but I was just being impatient.

adding buttermilk to cake batterThat’s it, toss it in a 9 x 13 pan. (if you wondered, no, our pans come in metric sizes and 9 x 13 doesn’t exist here.  I did the best I could and extended the cooking time just a bit and the cake was perfect.)

light as a feather chocolate cakeOnce the cake comes out of the oven  you pour over the icing onto the warm cake and then you’re supposed to wait until it cools and then cut it and eat it.  I couldn’t wait.  As soon as the icing was just a bit tacky I dived in with a big spoon.  I lost the corners but I’m sure you’ll forgive me.  It was SO good.

before and after chocolate cake

 

I made the cake at 10am and by 11am I’d already eaten a piece of it.  I know.. hell in a handbasket day, but I have NO regrets.  Thanks to Robyn’s mother you can get the full recipe for Chocolate Sheet Cake at Add A Pinch.  I don’t post someone else’s recipes on my site — it’s just not the right thing to do.  While you’re at it, follow her on twitter @addapinch.

The only thing I changed from Robyn’s recipe was that I added just a slurp of corn syrup to the icing to keep it shiny, otherwise I followed it exactly.

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Comments

  1. The Food Mentalist says

    July 25, 2011 at 11:56 am

    Yummo! Looks delish, I’m always up for a good chocolate cake recipe. I’ll head on over and check it out 🙂

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  2. Carol @ There's Always Thyme to Cook says

    July 25, 2011 at 12:04 pm

    Who could wait? Looks fantastic, especially with ice cream on the side!

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  3. skip to malou says

    July 25, 2011 at 12:37 pm

    I wouldn’t wonder why you had the urge to bake it right there and then. It simply looks irresistable! Can I dig in? LOL!
    xo,
    Malou

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  4. Kelly says

    July 25, 2011 at 1:14 pm

    Oh, this looks absolutely delicious and frighteningly addictive! I love light, molten, chocolate desserts made with quality ingredients -this one looks divine!

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  5. Roberta says

    July 25, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    I eat anything chocolate. And this looks even more decadent than most chocolate delectables. After seeing and reading this I now need a chocolate fix.

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  6. Junia @ Mis Pensamientos says

    July 25, 2011 at 2:26 pm

    ahhh i’m so like you! i find something inspiring in the blogworld and i have to go right to the kitchen! lol. i love chocolate. who can say no to this cake?!!

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  7. yummychunklet says

    July 25, 2011 at 2:37 pm

    Looks tasty!

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  8. Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says

    July 25, 2011 at 4:30 pm

    Yes our butter doesn’t come in sticks-the cups measurement confuses me because it’s quite hard to measure a cup of butter in this weather when it’s cold!

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  9. Maris(In Good Taste) says

    July 25, 2011 at 6:30 pm

    Only one piece! Looks decadent!

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  10. Michelle @ KissedBySweets says

    July 25, 2011 at 8:45 pm

    Yummm that looks amazing!! I definitely need to try it!

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  11. Parsley Sage says

    July 25, 2011 at 10:57 pm

    That’s brilliant. Buttermilk? Genius! No wonder you popped right into the kitchen and made it. And you’re not alone, I did that with an orange creamsicle float on Saturday 🙂

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  12. Kitchen Belleicious says

    July 25, 2011 at 11:35 pm

    I would be in so much trouble with this dessert. I love sheet cake and this one looks like something I couldn’t resist and by that i mean- resist eating the WHOLE thing! Wow!

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  13. Greg says

    July 25, 2011 at 11:42 pm

    Wow, great pictures. I have a feeling if Katherine saw this she’d run straight for the kitchen too!

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  14. Shawnda says

    July 26, 2011 at 12:59 am

    I’m always on the lookout for a good chocolate cake. Thanks for sharing, it sounds wonderful!

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  15. Linda says

    July 26, 2011 at 4:35 am

    Serve this for dessert following your easy pasta sauce and I’ll be over for dinner!! Beautiful, tempting photos!!

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  16. Anne says

    July 26, 2011 at 5:24 am

    Oooh looks so dark and deliciously moist!

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  17. JamieAnne says

    July 26, 2011 at 5:58 am

    This looks very good! Yum!

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  18. The Café Sucré Farine says

    July 26, 2011 at 6:13 am

    I wish I could reach in through my computer screen and take a bite of this -I know how yummy this cake is as we have made it and loved it for years! I am a little lazy and do the melting in the microwave. There is also a white-cake version of this! Check it out here – http://thecafesucrefarine.blogspot.com/2011/07/fabulous-white-chocolate-and-blueberry.html – chocolate or white, I think this is one of the best cakes ever!! Thanks, Chris

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    • Maureen says

      July 26, 2011 at 9:48 am

      Chris, your cake looks fantastic!

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  19. Shilpa Sharma says

    July 26, 2011 at 6:16 am

    That is a brilliant recipe and with buttermilk too – I love the sound of that. The pictures are brilliant and useful. Best quality chocolate and then follow the instructions on the post…we’ll get this lovely dessert….thanks for sharing.

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  20. Paula says

    July 26, 2011 at 8:12 am

    Cake?! Count me in! You know I’ve just got to try this,it looks great 🙂 Actually been looking for a good 13×9 recipe,their all 8,10 or 12 etc. so thank you for posting this!

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  21. purabi naha says

    July 26, 2011 at 6:26 pm

    This is really a great recipe! I loved it and the way you made it is fabulous!! Shall visit the “Add a Pinch” site now!

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  22. Thristhan says

    July 26, 2011 at 7:09 pm

    Simple and nice, quite easy to follow your recipe 🙂 I bet the chocolate cake tasted good.

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  23. Sissi says

    July 26, 2011 at 9:51 pm

    A wonderful cake! I am not surprised you had already a piece of it one hour after baking. I am wondering how much time it took you to finish it…

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  24. Sanjeeta kk says

    July 26, 2011 at 10:08 pm

    Love this chocolaty sin! The gooey chocolate on the cake is making me reach out for that slice. Thanks for reaching out on Twitter 🙂

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  25. thatssoron says

    July 26, 2011 at 11:04 pm

    orgasmic indeed!

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  26. unikorna says

    July 26, 2011 at 11:07 pm

    Maureen you are killing me here…it looks amazing. Regarding the free range eggs I am entirely with you, I have 5 hens, all pretty and cute, who offer me a lot of eggs if I offer them in exchange freedom to run in the garden. They lay so many eggs that we can’t handle to eat them all, I constantly have at least 20 eggs in the fridge. I highly recommend.

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  27. Jessica says

    July 27, 2011 at 12:35 am

    Maureen, this looks so amazing! I would have eaten more than 1 piece.

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  28. rebecca says

    July 27, 2011 at 4:37 am

    lovely cake and must have been fun to have lived in FL do you miss the US?

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  29. Gourmantine says

    July 27, 2011 at 5:49 am

    After reading (and looking at it) I’ve concluded that I’m in a very serious need of chocolate… ok.. more like a desperate need of it! The cake looks over the top indulgent! 🙂

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  30. Sasha @ The Procrastobaker says

    July 27, 2011 at 6:41 am

    Maureen your blog just kills me, seriously, every recipe makes me want to eat the screen! Gorgeous looking cake, i would definitely have to warm up a big hunk’a this in the micro and gorge myself silly on gooey chocolatey goodness. Im craving.

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  31. Peggy says

    July 27, 2011 at 7:11 am

    Oh I haven’t made a good sheet cake in forever! This definitely sounds and looks like a winner to me =)

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  32. Kate (What Kate is Cooking) says

    July 27, 2011 at 9:04 am

    I wouldn’t have been able to wait either! I always burn my mouth on baked goods- I just can’t help myself when they come out of the oven 🙂

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  33. Adelina says

    July 27, 2011 at 2:58 pm

    I feel like the title of the post goes perfect with your photos.

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  34. Jamie says

    July 27, 2011 at 9:00 pm

    I keep looking for new chocolate cake recipes and recipes with buttermilk in them since husband has started buying bottles of it. This looks insanely good and super easy! Making this when son and his friends come home next. Fabulous! Gooey, chocolatey great!

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  35. Jerry says

    July 28, 2011 at 7:44 am

    Maureen this looks really decadent and hard to resist. I’m going to have to make some. Thanks for sharing this 🙂

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  36. Tastes of Home (Jen) says

    July 28, 2011 at 1:08 pm

    The choc cake looks irresistible! Love the cute commentary as well 😀

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  37. Barbara @ Barbara Bakes says

    July 29, 2011 at 11:24 am

    So rich, chocolatey and delicious! I can see why you’d hurry to the kitchen and make it.

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  38. lisaiscooking says

    July 29, 2011 at 10:53 pm

    This is such a great cake! My aunt used to make a cake like this all the time. She would put pecan halves on top so that when pieces were cut, there would be a pecan in the middle of each. It looks amazing with a scoop of ice cream!

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  39. SallyBR says

    July 30, 2011 at 6:59 am

    This happens often with me – usually, the moment I am set on a bread recipe for the weekend, I inadvertently fall on a bread blog and… there goes all the planning down the drain. I MUST BAKE THAT ONE. Period.

    and, that brings me to this chocolate cake

    (sigh)

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  40. Maya@Foodiva's Kitchen says

    July 30, 2011 at 10:14 am

    You were right about that one recipe that calls out to you…this chocolate cake literally jumped off the screen for me! Trust me, one look at this, plus that dollop of ice cream and I’m ready to get my oven fired up an the ice cream machine churning!

    Reply
  41. Panama foundation says

    July 31, 2011 at 6:51 pm

    In the cake..If English isnt your primary language coffee cake must be very confusing. I mean theres no coffee in it normally. It should be called Cake you eat with coffee. Of course that doesnt roll off the tongue really so people just say coffee cake..My point is that some people are probably disappointed when they eat their coffee cake and discover that it has no actual coffee IN IT..So I decided to fix that…Coffee Coffee Cake Adapted from a recipe .Makes a bundt cake or a 913 dish..Streusel .- 3 4 Cups pecans or walnuts.- 3 4 Cups sugar.- 1 Teaspoon cinnamon.Cake .- 3 1 3 Cups all-purpose flour.- 1 1 2 Teaspoons salt.- 2 Teaspoons baking powder.- 1 Teaspoon baking soda.- 3 4 Cups buttermilk.- 3 4 Cups strong coffee cold.- 2 Teaspoons vanilla.- 1 1 2 sticks 12 Tablespoons unsalted butter soft.- 1 3 4 Cups sugar.- 3 large eggs.Glaze Optional .- 1 4 Cup strong coffee.- 2 1 2 Cups sifted powdered sugar.Helpful Equipment .- but you can also use a normal baking dish.The Coffee. So Ill be completely honest. Im not the first genius to think of baking a coffee cake with coffee. and have done it for starters..A lot of recipes like this use instant espresso but I just decided to brew a really strong pot of french press coffee and use that in place of some of the liquid. It worked like a charm..Strong brew..The Streusel. So this coffee cake is like most coffee cakes in that its filled with a really tasty cinnamon sugar streusel. There are some pecans mixed in as well although they are totally optional..If youre using the pecans though chop them really finely or give them a spin in a food processor..All ground up!.Mix the chopped nuts with the cinnamon and sugar and set it aside for later..The liquids. Once you have your coffee brewed be sure to cool it off in the fridge. Adding hot coffee to a cake batter is a recipe for failure..But eventually youll want these things..Strong flavors..Then just mix all these together. This will smell really intense actually..For those that are recipe curious I just adapted the recipe I was using to replace 1-for-1 the buttermilk for the coffee. But I still kept a good amount of buttermilk because it gives the cake some great moisture..This smells good already..The dry stuff.

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  42. Three-Cookies says

    July 31, 2011 at 8:31 pm

    This sounds awesome, esp the way you described it. I have most ingredients, will be attempting it. I always have to use google to figure out what a stick of butter is:)

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  43. Ruby says

    August 3, 2011 at 1:42 am

    I’m sorry but this looks absolutely too decadent to try. I’m trying to be good, which means NO temptation! 😉 By the way, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with posting someone else’s recipe so long as you give them proper credit, preferably with a linkback. Especially if you have changed it, readers may not want to have to go to two places to get the whole ‘new version’ of the recipe.

    Reply
  44. lindayoga says

    August 9, 2011 at 7:30 am

    Thanks again!!
    I bet this is heavenly smelling as it cooks!

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  45. Brian says

    August 18, 2011 at 6:18 am

    thanks, now I’m starving

    Reply
  46. bellini says

    January 22, 2012 at 10:30 pm

    I have enjoyed reading your blog so far, but I am back to reading, browsing and dreaming all before 6:00 AM on a Sunday morning.

    Reply

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