Best Chocolate Buttermilk Sheath Cake Recipes

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK SHEATH CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: Mix flour and sugar together in a large mixing bowl.
• In saucepan mix water, cocoa, salt, and butter.
• Bring to a boil.
• Pour over flour and sugar.
• Add buttermilk, eggs, soda, and vanilla.
• Mix until blended.
• Pour into large greased cookie sheet.
• Bake in 375° oven for 20 minutes.
• For icing: While cake is cooking bring butter, cocoa, and milk to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Remove from heat; add sugar& vanilla.
• Spread on HOT out of the oven cake.

CHOCOLATE BUTTERMILK SHEET CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree F. Spray half sheet pan (size approximately 18x13-inches, I use this one from Amazon) with baking spray. Set aside.
• For the cake, in a large bowl, combine the sugar, cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix until blended.
• Add in the eggs, oil, buttermilk, and hot water. Whisk together until fully combined. Pour into prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for 25 minutes, until edges pull away from the pan and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool.
• While cake is cooling, prepare chocolate icing. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, buttermilk, and cocoa powder. Whisk until smooth over medium high heat. Bring to a boil, and remove from heat as soon as it boils.
• Pour chocolate mixture into a mixing bowl and add in the powdered sugar. Beat until smooth. Pour over cake (it's okay if the cake isn't completely cooled). Add sprinkles.
• Cool completely and enjoy!

TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the butter, water and cocoa to a boil. Remove from the heat. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; add to cocoa mixture. Stir in the sour cream until smooth. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean., In a small saucepan, melt butter; add milk and cocoa. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour over warm cake. Cool completely on a wire rack.

OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cake pan.
• Mix flour, sugar, and baking soda together in a large bowl; set aside.
• Heat butter, water, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until smooth and just boiling. Pour over the flour mixture and stir to combine. Stir in buttermilk and eggs. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine butter, milk, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract for the icing in a saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a slow boil, then stir in powdered sugar. Pour icing over the hot cake. Let sit for 2 hours before serving.

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cake pan.
• Combine butter, water, and cocoa powder for cake in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until butter has melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
• Add melted butter mixture to the flour mixture, then add buttermilk-egg mixture and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine butter, milk, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract for the frosting in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts, then stir in powdered sugar. Spread frosting over the warm cake.

CHOCOLATE SHEATH CAKE

Steps:

• Mix first four ingredients together in a sauce pan and cook on medium heat until the mixture bubbles.
• Sift together 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, baking soda and cinnamon and add to the first mixture and mix well.
• Mix buttermilk, vanilla and eggs and mix well and add to the other mixture.
• Mix well.
• Pour into a greased 13x9x2-inch pan.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for 30 to 40 minutes.
• Ice when warm as the icing hardens as it cools.
• For Icing: Mix cocoa, butter and milk in a sauce pan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from the heat and add the sugar and pecans.
• Mix well and pour over warm cake.