----- Original Message -----
From: K.
To: Phaedrus
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 16:04
Subject: find me a recipe
> You helped me one time before and I sincerely appreciate it. Let's see
> if I'm as lucky the second time around. :-) A friend said someone
> baked her a chocolate sheet cake that had holes punched in the top with
> a chocolate frosting poured into the holes. She only remembers that the
> frosting had a small amount of coffee granules added and that is was
> yummy. I would love to find the recipe for her. Thanks in advance for
> your help. K.
Hi K.,
Well, I can find chocolate sheet cake recipes, but none with holes and none
with coffee in the icing. The holes are an easy thing to do. You just take a
wooden spoon and punch holes in the cake while it's still warm - before
icing it. Below is a regular chocolate sheet cake recipe. Sorry I couldn't
find the exact one. If you can find out the name of the cake, that might
help.
Phaed
Chocolate Sheet Cake
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup margarine
1 cup water
3 tbsp. cocoa
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
Sift flour, sugar, and salt.
Put margarine, water, and cocoa into a sauce pan and bring to a boil. Pour
over flour mixture.
In another bowl, beat eggs and add soda, milk, and vanilla. Add to above and
mix well.
Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes in a greased 15-1/2"x10-1/2"x1"
jelly roll pan.
Frost with Sheet Cake Chocolate Icing while cake is still warm.
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Sheet Cake Chocolate Icing
1/2 cup margarine
3 tbsp. cocoa
6 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 box powdered sugar
Heat margarine, cocoa, and milk in a saucepan. Don't boil. Remove and add
sugar and vanilla. Mix well. Pour over warm chocolate sheet cake.
Timm pointed out that a cake iced this way is often called a "poke cake."
I found this recipe: Cookie Sheet Chocolate Cake
