Sheet Cake Brownies

Ingredients

For the cake:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup water
• 2 eggs, well beaten
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder

For the icing:

• 1/2 cup butter
• 6 tbsp. milk
• 3 1/2 tbsp. cocoa
• about 450 grams powdered sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup nuts (optional)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Sift flour, measure, resift with sugar. In a saucepan, add butter, water, and cocoa, and bring to a boil. Pour chocolate mixture over sugar and flour mixture and mix well. Mix together beaten eggs, baking soda, buttermilk, and vanilla, and add this to other mixture. Mix well. Pour into a greased and floured 15 1/2 inch x 10 1/2 inch pan. Bake for 20 minutes in preheated oven. Start the icing in the last 3 minutes that the cake is baking. Bring the butter, milk, and cocoa to a boil. Remove from the heat and add sugar, vanilla, and nuts. Beat well and spread over the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.

Note

This is a family recipe of Tori’s. We always called it brownies growing up, but it’s probably more similar to a cake.

Section author: Tori