Birthday Sheet Cake

Name: Birthday Sheet Cake
Yield: Serves 18
Ingredients: , Vegetable oil spray; 2¼ cups (9 ounces; 255 grams), cake flour; 1¼ teaspoons, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, baking soda; 3/4 teaspoon, table salt; 4 , large eggs; 1¾ cups (12¼ ounces; 347 grams), sugar; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, melted and cooled; 5 tablespoons, vegetable oil; ¾ cup (6 ounces), buttermilk; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1⅔ cups (10 ounces; 283 grams), chocolate chips (bittersweet, semisweet, or milk chocolate); 20 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 20 pieces and softened; 1 cup (4 ounces; 113 grams), confectioners’ (powdered) sugar; ¾ cup (2¼ ounces; 64 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; Pinch, table salt; ¾ teaspoon, vanilla extract

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By Katie Leaird

For Kids & Families

Desserts or Baked Goods

Cakes

Yellow cake and chocolate frosting is a classic combination. This kid-tested, kid-approved recipe is perfect for your next birthday celebration.

SERVES18

TIME1¼ hours, plus 2 hours cooling time

What Kids Are Saying:“The cake was just right—not too hard and not too crumbly, and the frosting was just right too—not too sweet.” —Madison, recipe tester, age 8

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

This crowd-pleasing sheet cake is ready to party. Cake flour keeps this classic cake tender and a combination of two fats—butter and vegetable oil—adds flavor (thank you, butter) and moisture (courtesy of the oil). Before kids can get to fr...

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