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Ingredients Ingredient Checklist 3 3/4 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan 1 1/2 cups sugar 4 large eggs 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda Fine salt 1 1/4 cups buttermilk 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 cups malted milk powder 1/2 cup boiling water 3/4 pound milk chocolate, melted and cooled Sprinkles (optional), for serving

Cook’s Notes A completely cool cake is essential so that the frosting doesn’t melt on contact. You can bake the cake a day ahead to ensure a fluffy frosting layer.

Gallery Read the full recipe after the video.

Recipe Summary prep: 30 mins total: 1 hr 10 mins Servings: 12 sheet-cake-malted-icing-0911med107344.jpg

Read the full recipe after the video.

Read the full recipe after the video.

Recipe Summary prep: 30 mins total: 1 hr 10 mins Servings: 12

Recipe Summary

prep: 30 mins total: 1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 12

prep: 30 mins

total: 1 hr 10 mins

prep:

30 mins

total:

1 hr 10 mins

Servings: 12

12

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sheet-cake-malted-icing-0911med107344.jpg

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 3 3/4 sticks unsalted butter, room temperature, plus more for pan 3 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled), plus more for pan 1 1/2 cups sugar 4 large eggs 1 tablespoon baking powder 1 teaspoon baking soda Fine salt 1 1/4 cups buttermilk 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1 1/2 cups malted milk powder 1/2 cup boiling water 3/4 pound milk chocolate, melted and cooled Sprinkles (optional), for serving

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter and flour a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat 1 1/2 sticks (3/4 cup) butter and sugar on high until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, one at a time, until combined.

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt. With mixer on low, add flour mixture to butter mixture in three additions, alternating with two additions buttermilk, and beat to combine, scraping down bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla. Transfer batter to pan and smooth top.

Bake until cake is golden, puffed, and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 minutes, rotating pan halfway through. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.

Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk together cocoa and malted milk powders. Add boiling water, whisk until smooth, and let cool.

Using mixer, beat 2 sticks (1 cup) plus 2 tablespoons butter on high until smooth. Add cocoa mixture; beat until combined. Add chocolate and pinch of salt. With mixer on medium-high, beat until frosting is smooth and peaks form, 3 minutes. Frost cake; top with sprinkles if desired.

Cook’s Notes A completely cool cake is essential so that the frosting doesn’t melt on contact. You can bake the cake a day ahead to ensure a fluffy frosting layer.

Cook’s Notes

A completely cool cake is essential so that the frosting doesn’t melt on contact. You can bake the cake a day ahead to ensure a fluffy frosting layer.

Reviews (7)

 Add Rating & Review     41 Ratings   5 star values:        7    4 star values:        5    3 star values:        17    2 star values:        6    1 star values:        6

Reviews (7)

Add Rating & Review     41 Ratings   5 star values:        7    4 star values:        5    3 star values:        17    2 star values:        6    1 star values:        6

Add Rating & Review

41 Ratings 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 17 2 star values: 6 1 star values: 6

41 Ratings 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 17 2 star values: 6 1 star values: 6

41 Ratings 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 17 2 star values: 6 1 star values: 6

  • 5 star values: 7 4 star values: 5 3 star values: 17 2 star values: 6 1 star values: 6

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 5 stars       10/03/2016   5 Stars is for the FROSTING. If you love a great chocolate malt or even Whoppers candy, this frosting is for you! I have tried the cake recipe and unfortunately I have to agree with others ... it is dry. I now use vanilla or yellow boxed cake mix and then make this frosting. Since then, this cake has been a hit! It's become a winter holiday staple for me because by using box cake mix it's quick & easy and it looks pretty with white snowflake sprinkles.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/24/2012   Meh ~ this was just ok. There are way better recipes out there for sure, although I would never resort to a box cake mix -- not even for my dog.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/22/2012   re: adhoc44, who's snoring? if you took a moment to read the recipe, you'd see that some of the butter is creamed in the cake batter and the rest of the butter is used in the frosting. Also, I see salt clearly listed in the ingredients.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/22/2012   Vanilla Cake Redux. The ingredient list also omits the salt. That's a big no-no!  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/22/2012   Please note that the ingredient list calls for 3 1/4 STICKS unsalted butter or almost a full pound but the instructions call for only 3/4th cups butter. Somebody snored all the way through the editting! I will try the recipe again the next time I can afford real butter.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 1 stars       09/30/2011   I didn't want to believe the first reviewer that the cake was dry. The recipe looked like it should not be dry with the butter, buttermilk, and 4 eggs, but the first words out of my families' mouth was, "This cake is dry!!" They did like the frosting and did not think it was too sweet. Very disappointing. I hate when a recipe fails because I am a pretty good baker. Don't waste you time on this cake.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: 1 stars       09/28/2011   Very disappointing recipe. The cake is dry and the frosting is too sweet. I couldn't eat an entire slice. Make a boxed vanilla cake instead, it's easier and tastes better then this recipe.

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: 5 stars 10/03/2016

5 Stars is for the FROSTING. If you love a great chocolate malt or even Whoppers candy, this frosting is for you! I have tried the cake recipe and unfortunately I have to agree with others … it is dry. I now use vanilla or yellow boxed cake mix and then make this frosting. Since then, this cake has been a hit! It’s become a winter holiday staple for me because by using box cake mix it’s quick & easy and it looks pretty with white snowflake sprinkles.

Rating: 5 stars

Rating: Unrated 06/24/2012

Meh ~ this was just ok. There are way better recipes out there for sure, although I would never resort to a box cake mix – not even for my dog.

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated 06/22/2012

re: adhoc44, who’s snoring? if you took a moment to read the recipe, you’d see that some of the butter is creamed in the cake batter and the rest of the butter is used in the frosting. Also, I see salt clearly listed in the ingredients.

Vanilla Cake Redux. The ingredient list also omits the salt. That’s a big no-no!

Please note that the ingredient list calls for 3 1/4 STICKS unsalted butter or almost a full pound but the instructions call for only 3/4th cups butter. Somebody snored all the way through the editting! I will try the recipe again the next time I can afford real butter.

Rating: 1 stars 09/30/2011

I didn’t want to believe the first reviewer that the cake was dry. The recipe looked like it should not be dry with the butter, buttermilk, and 4 eggs, but the first words out of my families’ mouth was, “This cake is dry!!” They did like the frosting and did not think it was too sweet. Very disappointing. I hate when a recipe fails because I am a pretty good baker. Don’t waste you time on this cake.

Rating: 1 stars

Rating: 1 stars 09/28/2011

Very disappointing recipe. The cake is dry and the frosting is too sweet. I couldn’t eat an entire slice. Make a boxed vanilla cake instead, it’s easier and tastes better then this recipe.

All Reviews for Vanilla Sheet Cake with Malted-Milk-Chocolate Frosting

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All Reviews for Vanilla Sheet Cake with Malted-Milk-Chocolate Frosting

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