German Chocolate Sheet Cake

I promise this is more appetising than it sounds and tastes nothing like paper. In fact, this recipe isn’t really that different from your day to day cakes.

Okay I lie, you might be surprised to find that the cake contains vinegar and a little salt, but these are barely noticeable once you bite into its nutty icing.

Now, this particular recipe that I’m about to show you is a slight variation on the one I originally found when visiting Berlin last month, but I think you’ll enjoy its chocolaty improvement as much as I did. The cocoa really helps to disguise the vinegar and compliments the icing.

However, if you feel like having classic German Sheet Cake, simply remove the cocoa and cover your topping in a glaze consisting of unsalted butter and cream.

German Chocolate Sheet Cake

Recipe type: Cake

Author: Ellen

Prep time: 20 mins

Cook time: 30 mins

Total time: 50 mins

Serves: 5-8

A delightful recipe that creates a sweet chocolate cake with a smooth texture and taste. A particular favourite at our local bring and buy.

Ingredients

375g Flour
2tsp Soda
2tbsp Vinegar
500ml Water
4tbsp Cocoa
400g Sugar
2tsp Salt
4tsp Vanilla
3tbsp Flour (icing)
200g Brown sugar
56g Butter
250ml Milk
80g Coconut
160g Chopped nuts

Instructions

This cake mix doesn’t take that long to make so I recommend preheating your oven straight away at 180C/350F/Gas mark 4.
Whilst your oven in heating, mix your 375g of flour, soda, cocoa, sugar and salt in a bowl, before introducing your vinegar, water and vanilla. Mix these well until your mixture is creamy, then pour into a non-stick pan.
Pop your cake into the oven to cook for 30 minutes or until the top is springy.
Whilst your cake is cooking you can begin preparing your topping.
Take a saucepan and over a medium flame mix your flour, brown sugar, butter and milk together until the icing is thick and sticks to your spoon. At this point you can add your coconut and chopped nuts.
Leave your cake to cool for 15 minutes, then thickly spread your icing over the top and allow it to set.

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