Sheet Cake Brownies#

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 2 cups flour

  • 2 cups sugar

  • 1 cup butter

  • 1 cup water

  • 2 eggs, well beaten

  • 1 tsp. baking soda

  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract

  • 3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

For the icing:

  • 1/2 cup butter

  • 6 tbsp. milk

  • 3 1/2 tbsp. cocoa

  • about 450 grams powdered sugar

  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract

  • 1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift flour, measure, resift with sugar. In a saucepan, add butter, water, and cocoa, and bring to a boil. Pour chocolate mixture over sugar and flour mixture and mix well. Mix together beaten eggs, baking soda, buttermilk, and vanilla, and add this to other mixture. Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 15 1/2 inch x 10 1/2 inch pan. Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven. Start the icing in the last 3 minutes that the cake is baking. Bring the butter, milk, and cocoa to a boil. Remove from the heat and add sugar, vanilla, and nuts. Beat well and spread over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Note

This is a family recipe of Tori’s. We always called it brownies growing up, but it’s probably more similar to a cake.

Section author: Tori