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August 29, 2004
Fudgy Sheet Cake
Cake:
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 granulated sugar
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 cup low-fat buttermilk
Cooking spray
Icing:
1 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
2 tablespoons 1% low-fat milk
1 teaspoon butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350°.
To prepare cake, combine 1/2 cup cocoa and water in a small bowl; cool. Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, and salt, stirring well with a whisk. Place granulated sugar, shortening, and 2 teaspoons vanilla in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in cocoa mixture. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture and beating well after each addition.
Pour batter into a 13 x 9-inch baking pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° 30 minutes or until the cake springs back when lightly touched. Cool in pan 10 minutes on a wire rack.
To prepare icing, combine the powdered sugar and 3 tablespoons cocoa in a medium bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Add milk, butter, and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla; stir with a whisk until smooth. Spread icing over cake.
Yield: 12 servings
CALORIES 294 (24% from fat); FAT 8g (sat 2.4g, mono 3.2g, poly 1.7g); PROTEIN 4.2g; CARB 54.2g; FIBER 1.9g; CHOL 38mg; IRON 2mg; SODIUM 241mg; CALC 39mg
Posted by carcharhinid at August 29, 2004 03:22 PM