Homemade Chocolate Brownie Cake Recipe

This homemade Chocolate Brownie Cake recipe creates a delicious hybrid of chocolate brownies and a Texas sheet cake. The cake is topped with luscious chocolate icing made from scratch.

Most brownie recipes only make an 8×8 or 9×9 batch. I came up with this Homemade Chocolate Brownie Cake in order to make a larger batch.

I combined some elements of a few recipes, tweaked them a little, and bam! These chocolate brownies are what some may call a Brownie Sheet Cake.

How To Make a Chocolate Brownie Cake

To make a 9×13 pan of chocolate brownie cake from scratch, you need the following ingredients:

Chocolate Syrup

• ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ½ cup water
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• ¼ tsp salt

Brownie Cake Batter

• 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 Tbsp espresso powder
• 10 Tbsp butter
• ¾ cup baking cocoa
• ¼ cup vegetable oil
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• two-thirds cup chocolate chips
• Chocolate Syrup

Chocolate Icing

• 1¼ cups chocolate chips
• 3 Tbsp corn syrup
• 1 stick butter

Start off by making a simple chocolate syrup. Just sugar, cocoa, water, vanilla, and a little salt.

The reason to make the syrup first is because it has to come to a boil and then cool. It will thicken some during the cooling period.

While the syrup is cooling, start the other aspects of the brownies, like preparing a 9×13 pan. I like to line it with aluminum foil that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.

Next, gather the other ingredients together. (Above is flour, baking powder, salt, and espresso powder.)

It’s best to add eggs one at a time. I like to crack all of mine into a little glass bowl before adding them. You never know when you will run across a bad egg.

Now, microwave the butter until it is melted in a medium size glass bowl. Add cocoa and oil and whisk until smooth.

Transfer the cocoa mixture to a bowl of an electric mixer. Stir in the sugar and add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla.

Gradually add the flour mixture. Pour in chocolate syrup and chocolate chips.

Pour batter into prepared 13×9 pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until done. Let cool before icing.

This is how it looks before the icing is added.

The icing is a simple chocolate glaze made with chocolate chips, butter, and a little corn syrup.

To make the icing, melt chocolate chips and butter together in a microwave-safe bowl in 30 second intervals on high, stirring well after each segment. (It took me a total of one minute + an additional 10 seconds.)

Add corn syrup and stir until smooth. Let sit for 5 minutes before pouring over brownies.

Chocolate Brownie Cake

Lynda

Chocolate Brownie Cake – this dessert recipe is so good. It's a mix between a brownie and chocolate sheet cake. Yum!

4.6 from 52 votes

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 40 mins

Total Time 55 mins

Course Desserts

Cuisine American

Servings 16 slices

Calories 492 kcal

Ingredients

  

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Chocolate Syrup

• ▢ ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ 1 cup sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp vanilla
• ▢ ¼ tsp salt

Brownie Batter

• ▢ 1½ cups all-purpose flour
• ▢ 1 tsp baking powder
• ▢ 1 tsp salt
• ▢ 2 Tbsp espresso powder
• ▢ 10 Tbsp butter
• ▢ ¾ cup baking cocoa
• ▢ ¼ cup vegetable oil
• ▢ 2 cups sugar
• ▢ 4 large eggs
• ▢ 2 tsp vanilla extract
• ▢ two-thirds cup chocolate chips
• ▢ Chocolate Syrup

Chocolate Icing

• ▢ 1¼ cups chocolate chips
• ▢ 3 Tbsp corn syrup
• ▢ 1 stick butter

Instructions

 

• To make the syrup: in a medium or large saucepan, whisk the cocoa powder and sugar until well blended. Add water and whisk over medium-high until it starts to boil and becomes a little frothy. Continue boiling for approximately 3 minutes. Reduce heat and allow to simmer for 2 more minutes. Remove from the heat and add salt. Let cool.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line bottom of 13×9 pan with aluminum foil and spray with non-stick cooking spray.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and espresso powder and set aside.
• Microwave butter until melted in a medium size glass bowl. Add cocoa and oil and whisk until smooth.
• Transfer cocoa mixture to a bowl of an electric mixer. Stir in sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture. Pour in chocolate syrup and chocolate chips.
• Pour batter into prepared 13×9 pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until done. Let cool before icing.
• To make the icing: Melt chocolate chips and butter together in a microwave-safe bowl in 30 second intervals on high, stirring well after each segment. (It took me a total of one minute + an additional 10 seconds.) Add corn syrup and stir until smooth. Let sit for 5 minutes before pouring over brownies.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 492kcalCarbohydrates: 68gProtein: 5gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 13gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 81mgSodium: 340mgFiber: 3gSugar: 53g

Keyword brownie, cake, chocolate

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