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Chocolate Sheet Cake

13
Points® value
Total Time
45 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
30 min
Serves
12
Difficulty
Easy
This moist and tasty chocolate cake is perfect on its own or ready for decorating. So much better than a boxed mix.

Ingredients

Cooking spray

1 spray(s)

All-purpose flour

1¾ cup(s)

Packed light brown sugar

1¼ cup(s)

Unsweetened cocoa powder

¾ cup(s), powder

Sugar

½ cup(s), granulated

Baking powder

1½ tsp(s)

Baking soda

1½ tsp(s)

Table salt

¼ tsp(s)

Fat-free skim milk

1¼ cup(s)

Egg whites

3 serving(s), large

Salted butter

2 tbsp(s), melted

Vanilla extract

1½ tsp(s)

Water

1 cup(s), boiling

Powdered sugar (confectioner's)

1 tbsp(s)

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350ºF. Coat a 9- X 13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, cocoa powder, granulated sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt; mix well with a fork to combine.
  3. In another large mixing bowl, combine milk, egg whites, melted butter and vanilla. Using an electric mixer, mix on low speed until blended; gradually beat in boiling water.
  4. Gradually add flour mixture to milk mixture and mix on low speed until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake until a wooden toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean, about 25 to 30 minutes. Cool cake in pan, on a wire rack.
  5. Sift powdered sugar over cooled cake before cutting into 12 pieces. Yields 1 piece per serving.

Notes

This cake tastes great plain but you can ice it and decorate it as desired (could affect Points values).