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This yummy chocolate sheet
cake, with a peanut butter chip frosting, is the perfect to take
along cake for traveling to picnics...or potlucks and other get-togethers.
Take-Me-To-a-Picnic
Cake
- 1 cup water
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
2 cups granulated sugar
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
3/4 cup dairy sour cream
Peanut Butter Chip Frosting (recipe follows)
Chocolate Garnish (optional, recipe follows)
- Heat oven to 350°F
(175°C). Grease and flour 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 1-inch jelly
roll pan.
- Combine water, butter
and cocoa in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring
occasionally, until mixture boils. Boil 1 minute. Remove from
heat; set aside.
- Stir together sugar, flour,
baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs and sour cream;
beat until blended. Add cocoa mixture; beat just until blended
(batter will be thin). Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes
or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool
cake in pan on wire rack.
- While cake is cooling,
prepare Peanut Butter Chip Frosting; spread over top of cake.
- Drizzle Chocolate Garnish
over top, if desired.
Makes about 20 servings.
- Peanut Butter Chip
Frosting:
1/3 cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup milk
1 2/3 cups (10-ounce package) REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup powdered sugar
- Combine butter, milk and
peanut butter chips in medium saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring
constantly, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth. Remove
from heat; stir in vanilla.
- Place powdered sugar in
medium bowl. Gradually add chip mixture, beating until well blended.
Cool, stirring occasionally, until of spreading consistency (about
1 hour).
Makes about 2 cups frosting.
Chocolate Garnish: Place 1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Semi-Sweet
Chocolate Chips and 1 teaspoon vegetable shortening (not butter,
margarine, spread or oil) in small microwave-safe bowl.
Microwave at HIGH (100%) 1 minute; stir until chips are melted
and mixture is smooth.
Recipe courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens,
and reprinted with permission of The Hershey Company. ©
The Hershey Company.
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