Old-Fashioned Chocolate Brownie Cake
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Old-Fashioned Chocolate Brownie Cake
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This easy chocolate brownie cake is an old-fashioned recipe that gives you the the taste of chocolate walnut brownies in sheet cake form. Just like grandma used to make!
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Ingredients
Brownie Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cup butter
- 2 TBS cocoa powder
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp vanilla
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup chopped walnuts optional garnish
Icing
- ½ cup butter
- 1 TBS cocoa
- 6 TBS milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
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Instructions
Brownie Cake
- Preheat your oven to 400 degrees and grease a large baking sheet.
- Mix the flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar in a large bowl and set aside.
- Heat a saucepan over medium-high heat on the stove. Melt butter in pot.
- Once melted, add the cocoa powder and water and bring the mixture to a boil.
- Once boiling remove from heat and add the boiling chocolate mixture to the flour mixture from earlier and stir until well combined.
- Add buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla to the mixture and combine until you have a nice smooth batter. This can be done by hand or with a hand mixer.
- Pour the batter into the prepped baking sheet making sure to evenly spread it across the entire sheet pan.
- Bake cake in the oven for 20-22 minutes or until cake is cooked all the way through.
- While the cake is baking, make the icing according to the instructions below.
- Top the cake with icing within five minutes of removing the cake from the oven.
- Top with chopped walnuts if desired.
- Allow cake to cool completely then cut into squares and serve.
Icing
- In a medium, heat-safe bowl, measure out powdered sugar and set aside for later.
- Heat a pot over medium-high heat on the stove. Melt butter in pot.
- Add cocoa and milk to melted butter and bring to a boil.
- Put your powdered sugar into a small bowl then pour the boiled mixture over the powdered sugar and stir to combine to make your icing.
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Notes
- Add the walnuts immediately after adding the icing rather than waiting until it hardens. This will keep the nuts from falling off when you slice the cake.
- Use a spatula to make sure that the chocolate brownie cake batter spreads around the entire sheet pan in one even layer.
- Leave the chocolate brownie cake in the pan rather than slicing it all and removing for storage. I recommend just covering it with something like this sheet pan lid.
- Remove the chocolate mixtures from heat as soon as they start boiling, don’t let them keep boiling or you’ll lose some of the moisture in the cake and icing.
- Use a small rectangle spatula to remove the cake squares from the pan without destroying the rest of the squares.
Nutrition Information
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Serving
1square
Calories
325kcal
(16%)
Carbohydrates
43g
(14%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
8g
(40%)
Cholesterol
48mg
(16%)
Sodium
230mg
(10%)
Potassium
73mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
32g
(64%)
Vitamin A
395IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
26mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 20squares
Amount Per Serving
Calories 325 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1square | |
| Calories | 325kcal | 16% |
| Carbohydrates | 43g | 14% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 8g | 40% |
| Cholesterol | 48mg | 16% |
| Sodium | 230mg | 10% |
| Potassium | 73mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 32g | 64% |
| Vitamin A | 395IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 26mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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