Chocolate Sheet Cake with Milk Chocolate Frosting

Name: Chocolate Sheet Cake with Milk Chocolate Frosting
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (10 1/2 ounces), granulated sugar; 1 1/4 cups (6 1/4 ounces), all-purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 1 cup, whole milk; 8 ounces, bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 3/4 cup (2 1/4 ounces), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 2/3 cup, vegetable oil; 4 , large eggs; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 pound, milk chocolate, chopped; 2/3 cup, heavy cream; 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 16 pieces and softened

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2017, America's Test Kitchen TV

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Our cake boasts a deeply chocolaty crumb, plush frosting, and a fuss-free method. Plus, it taught us something new about cocoa powder.

SERVES12

TIME1 hour, plus 1 hour cooling

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WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

For a cake that boasted deep chocolate flavor and color, we used a combination of Dutch-processed cocoa and melted bittersweet chocolate; the cocoa offered pure, assertive chocolate flavor while the chocolate contributed complexity as well ...

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