Easy to make chocolate malt sheet cake is ideal for parties and celebrations. The flavorful chocolate cake is topped with chocolate malt buttercream.
Single layer sheet cakes are much easier to make and share compared to the traditional round layer cakes.
First of all, this sheet cake is baked in one large rectangle pan. No need to stack and build multiple layers. Second, sheet cakes easily serve a crowd! Slice, plate, and send it off. And lastly, sheet cakes still look presentable and pretty even after it’s been sliced. There is less risk of the cake collapsing or having cake layers sliding off.
This cake tastes like childhood! This is the cake for you if you grew up enjoying malted milk shakes and glasses of Ovaltine. Fan of Whoppers or Maltesers will love this cake.
Chocolate Malt Cake Ingredients
This chocolate cake recipe contains no eggs! The recipe is adapted from What to Bake and How to Bake It. The exclusion of eggs makes this cake a bit more crumbly than most cakes. With a little chocolate malt buttercream on your fork, you can easily scoop up any cake crumbs that try to escape!
A mixture of malted milk powder and unsweetened cocoa powder flavors the cake and buttercream. Malted milk powder is a blend of malted barley, wheat flour, milk powder and sugar. It is commonly added to desserts and baked goods to create a unique rich flavor.
Sheet Cake Assembly
The chocolate malt sheet cake is comprised of three components: 1) chocolate malt cake, 2) chocolate malt buttercream, and 3) chocolate malt candy balls.
Serving Suggestions
Serve with strawberries, raspberries, or blueberries for a pop of fresh flavor. Pair the chocolate cake with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or drizzle with caramel sauce for extra decadence.
Frosted cake may be left out at room temperature for several hours. Store leftovers in a covered container in the fridge for up to three days. Bring to room temperature before eating.
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Chocolate Malt Sheet Cake
Ingredients
Chocolate Malt Cake:
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 5 Tablespoons malted milk powder
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1 ¼ cup whole milk
- ⅓ cup grapeseed oil, or vegetable oil
- 1 ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Chocolate Malt Buttercream:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3 ½ cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 cup malted milk powder
- 5 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 Tablespoons whole milk
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ cup chocolate malt balls, , chopped, or more as needed
Instructions
Chocolate Malt Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line 9 x 13-inch baking pan with parchment paper and generously grease. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, sift together cocoa powder and malted milk powder. Add flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Whisk together.
- In a small bowl, combine melted butter, milk, oil and vanilla. Add to dry ingredients. Use a sturdy whisk to mix together. Continue to beat until mixture is smooth. Transfer batter to prepared baking pan, spreading into an even layer.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes before unmolding. Allow cake to cool to room temperature on wire rack.
Chocolate Malt Buttercream:
- Using a hand mixer (or stand mixer with paddle attachment), beat butter until smooth. Add half of powdered sugar. Sift together malted milk powder and cocoa powder and add to mixing bowl. Mix on low speed until combined. Add milk, vanilla, salt, and remaining powdered sugar. Mix until smooth. Scrape down bowl as needed to ensure thorough mixing.
- Spread buttercream over cooled sheet cake. Top with chopped chocolate malt balls, as needed.
Notes
- I suggest using Carnation Malted Milk or Horlick’s Malted Milk
- cake adapted from What to Bake and How to Bake It
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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I’ve been craving a chocolate malt and now this cake! can’t wait to try your recipe
Thanks! I hope you enjoy it!
who needs presentable cake, so long as it’s tasty cake? (; i still haven’t made a momofuku-style cake, but that’s definitely on my summer list too. it sounds like fun but already thinking of the mountains of dishes lol.