Description
A rich café-style midnight chocolate sheet cake paired perfectly with a velvety frozen chocolate cream frappe for the ultimate dessert experience.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups (250g) all-purpose flour
- 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar
- ¾ cup (75g) Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp fine sea salt
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup (240ml) whole milk
- ½ cup neutral vegetable oil
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup (240ml) boiling water or hot black coffee
- 1 cup (240ml) ice-cold whole milk
- 3 tbsp premium chocolate fudge syrup
- 2 tbsp Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 tbsp powdered sugar
- 1½ cups ice cubes
- Whipped cream for garnish
- Chocolate curls for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 175°C (350°F).
- Grease a 9×13-inch baking pan and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add eggs, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes until smooth.
- Slowly stream in the boiling water or hot coffee while mixing on low speed.
- Pour the thin batter into the prepared baking pan.
- Bake for 30 to 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Cool the cake completely before frosting or slicing.
- For the frappe, add ice-cold milk, chocolate syrup, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, and ice cubes into a blender.
- Blend on high speed for 30 to 45 seconds until smooth and thick.
- Drizzle chocolate syrup inside a tall serving glass.
- Pour the frappe into the prepared glass.
- Top with whipped cream and chocolate curls.
- Serve immediately alongside slices of chocolate cake.
Notes
Using hot coffee instead of boiling water intensifies the chocolate flavor without making the cake taste like coffee. Blend the frappe just until smooth to maintain its thick frozen texture.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 35 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cake slice with frappe
- Calories: 590
- Sugar: 52g
- Sodium: 320mg
- Fat: 27g
- Saturated Fat: 11g
- Unsaturated Fat: 13g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 82g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 75mg