Aunt Carol's Chocolate Sheet Cake

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 8 ounces unsalted butter
• 1 cup water
• 4 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips (optional)
• 16 ounces whipping cream
• 16 ounces bittersweet chocolate

Recipe

• 1 grease and flour a cookie sheet and preheat oven to 400ºf.
• 2 in a small bowl, mix the eggs, baking soda and sour cream.
• 3 in a mixing bowl, add the flour, sugar and salt, stir to combine.
• 4 in a medium saucepan, combine the butter, water and cocoa powder, heat and stir to combine.
• 5 add cocoa mixture to flour/sugar, blend with mixer. add egg mixture and beat 1 minute. stir in chocolate chips if desired. put in cookie sheet and bake 14-20 minutes.
• 6 when the cake is out of the oven, put the cream in a saucepan and heat to simmer.
• 7 add chocolate to the bowl of a food processor.
• 8 once the cream is heated, pour into food processor and let sit 4 minutes.
• 9 pulse a few times then process 5-10 seconds to smooth out the mixture.
• 10 transfer ganache to a non-plastic bowl. for a glaze style ganache, top cake now. for a lighter, fluffier "frosting", refrigerate 1-2 hours, whip in mixer, then top the cake. top with walnuts, optional.
• 11 refrigerate the cake at least an hour before serving.