fudgy sheet cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 cups sifted cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/3 cup vegetable shortening
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• cooking spray
• 1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon softened butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350.
• 2 mix cocoa and water, set aside to cool.
• 3 combine flour, baking soda and salt in a bowl, stirring well.
• 4 place sugar, shortening, and vanilla in a large bowl, beat well or use a mixer add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
• 5 beat in cocoa mixture.
• 6 add flour and buttermilk alternatly, beating after each addition.
• 7 spray a 13x9 baking dish with non stick spray.
• 8 pour in batter, bake for 30 minutes until cake springs back.
• 9 cool in pan 10 minutes.
• 10 for icing stir sugar and cocoa, mix well.
• 11 add milk, butter and vanilla, whisk until smooth.
• 12 spread over cake.