You know that feeling when you've just come home from a whirlwind road trip to Omaha, Nebraska and then you wake up and watch a travel show where they're diving off the coast of Thailand and you're like, "Hrmph. Nebraska was almost as cool as that..."?
Yep, I'm there.
Don't get me wrong, our "stay-cation with a mini-roadtrip" vacation was nice, relaxing and easy, but I'm a total beach-vacation kind of girl. We had a great time in Omaha, but I need that sand, surf, walk-along-the-beach-at-night kind of experience to feel like I've really had a vacation.
Know what you do when you have vacation-envy? Me neither. But I know what I did...
I made a chocolate sheet cake. A chocolate sheet cake celebrates all that is Midwestern, right? It makes my stay-cation feel complete. I mean c'mon, you know they don't have Chocolate Sheet Cake in Thailand.
I'm reaching, aren't I? Even so, stay-cation is over, and chocolate sheet cake happened. Success all the way around. (Minus the sand between my toes. Sigh.)
I know this recipe is as old as time, and you probably have your own version in your recipes boxes. This particular version of the recipe was given to my by my Mother-In-Law, who got the recipe from her Mother-In-Law. It's very similar to every other sheet-cake recipe out there, minus the pecans and extra butter.
I just wrote the word "recipe" way too many times.
Anyway, this cake is easy, it's delicious, and there's a reason that it's been around forever. You just need a large, high-rimmed cookie sheet or sheet pan. No mixer required, and it goes together in about 25 minutes. Do it!
Enjoy!
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Old Fashioned Chocolate Sheet Cake
