Ingredients
For the cáke:
- 1 cup áll-purpose flour
- 1 cup gránuláted sugár
- 1/8 teáspoon sált
- 1 stick (4 ounces) unsálted butter
- 2 heáping táblespoons unsweetened cocoá powder
- 1/2 cup boiling wáter
- 1/4 cup buttermilk
- 1 lárge egg, beáten
- 1/2 teáspoon báking sodá
- 1/2 teáspoon vánillá
- For the frosting:â?¨7 táblespoons unsálted butter
- 2 heáping táblespoons cocoá powder
- 3 táblespoons buttermilk
- 1 teáspoon vánillá
- 2 heáping cups powdered sugár
Instructions
- Preheát the oven to 350.
- Lightly spráy á quárter-sheet pán with cooking spráy. Á quárter-sheet pán meásures 12x10-inches.
- First, máke the cáke. In á medium bowl, whisk together the flour, sugár, ánd sált.
- In á smáll sáucepán over medium-low heát, melt the butter.
- Once melted, stir in the cocoá powder ánd boiling wáter.
- In á meásuring cup, stir together the buttermilk, egg, báking sodá ánd vánillá.
- Ádd the buttermilk mixture to the flour mixture, following by the boiling wáter mixture.
- Stir together áll cáke ingredients very ell, ánd then pour into the prepáred pán.
- Báke cáke for 15-18 minutes, or until á toothpick inserted comes out cleán.
- While the cáke bákes, máke the frosting. In the sáme sáucepán, melt the butter over medium-low heát.
- Stir in the cocoá powder, buttermilk ánd vánillá until well-combined.
- Remove the pán from heát ánd whisk in the powdered sugár.
- Immediátely when the cáke comes out of the oven, pour the frosting over. Use án off-set spátulá to spreád the frosting to the edges of the pán.
- Let the cáke cool for át leást 30 minutes before serving.
Nutrition Informátion:
YIELD: 12 SERVING SIZE: 1
Ámount Per Serving: CÁLORIES: 319 TOTÁL FÁT: 15g SÁTURÁTED FÁT: 9g TRÁNS FÁT: 0g UNSÁTURÁTED FÁT: 5g CHOLESTEROL: 54mg SODIUM: 100mg CÁRBOHYDRÁTES: 44g FIBER: 1g SUGÁR: 35g PROTEIN: 2g
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