Chocolate Almond Sheet Cake

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon almond extract
• frosting
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan, bring the butter, water and cocoa to boil over medium heat.
• 2 remove from the heat and cool to room temperature.
• 3 in a large mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. beat in cocoa mixture. add the eggs, buttermilk and extracts; mix well.
• 4 pour into a greased 15-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan.
• 5 bake at 375 for 20-22 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 6 cool for 10 minutes on a wire rack.
• 7 for frosting, place butter and milk in a saucepan.
• 8 cook and stir over medium heat until butter is melted.
• 9 remove from the heat; add remaining ingredients and beat well.
• 10 carefully spread over warm cake.
• 11 cool. yield: 16-20 servings.