Easy Moist Chocolate Sheet Cake with Buttermilk
Ingredients
- 330 g dark chocolate couverture
- 100 g cocoa powder
- 250 g butter
- 6 large eggs
- 300 g sugar
- 1 packet vanilla sugar
- 250 g all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 300 ml buttermilk
- 50 ml neutral vegetable oil (e.g., rapeseed oil)
Glaze
- 2 packets cocoa cake glaze (about 200 g per packet)
Preparation
Line a baking sheet (30 x 40 cm) with parchment paper
Preheat the oven to 180°C conventional (160°C fan)
Chop the dark chocolate into small pieces
Melt the chocolate with cocoa powder and butter in a metal bowl over a water bath
Let the chocolate mixture cool for about 10 minutes
Beat the eggs with sugar and vanilla sugar until white and creamy
Add the cooled chocolate-butter mixture and beat well
Mix the flour with baking powder and baking soda
Sift the flour mixture into the batter
Beat the batter well
Add buttermilk and oil to the batter
Spread the liquid chocolate batter on the baking sheet
Bake the sheet cake in the preheated oven for about 25 minutes
Let the cake cool completely after baking
Melt the cake glaze according to package instructions
Spread the melted glaze on the chocolate cake with a brush
Decorate with sprinkles if desired
Tips
The buttermilk in the batter makes this sheet cake incredibly fluffy and moist
The cake yields about 24 pieces
