Vanilla Sheet Cake With Malted Milk Chocolate Frosting Recipes

Steps:

• Make the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter a 9-by-13-inch baking pan. Dust with flour, tapping out excess. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• With an electric mixer on high speed, beat butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, until combined. Reduce mixer speed to low. Add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 batches of buttermilk; beat to combine, scraping down sides of bowl as needed. Beat in vanilla.
• Transfer batter to prepared pan; smooth top with an offset spatula. Bake, rotating half way through, until cake is golden and puffed and a cake tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely.
• Meanwhile, make the frosting: In a medium bowl, whisk together cocoa and malted milk powders. Add the boiling water, whisk until smooth, and let cool. With mixer on high speed, beat butter until smooth. Add cocoa mixture; beat until combined. Add chocolate and salt. Raise mixer speed to medium- high; beat until frosting is smooth and peaks form, about 3 minutes. Spread frosting over cake; sprinkle with malted milk balls, if desired.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with parchment paper, and set aside. Sift together flour, salt, and baking powder in a medium bowl.
• In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, beat together egg yolks and sugar on medium-low speed until light and fluffy. Beat in the water and vanilla bean scrapings. Add dry ingredients in three batches, scraping down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula as needed, just until flour mixture is incorporated after each addition.
• In another mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff but not dry peaks form; whisk a quarter into batter to lighten. Fold in remaining egg whites, and pour batter into prepared pan. Bake until cake springs back when gently pressed in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.