Categories: Dessert

Ingredients

• Chocolate Sheet Cake (see recipe)
• 1/4 cup bourbon
• Frosting:
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1/4 cup water
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 4 tbsp. butter
• 8 oz. semisweet chocolate, chopped
• 1/4 tsp salt
• Flaky salt

Directions

1. For the cake: Make Chocolate Sheet Cake; stir bourbon into the batter.

2. For the frosting: Heat sugar and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, swirling the pan, until deep amber, 6 to 8 minutes. Carefully add heavy cream. Simmer, stirring, until smooth. Remove from the heat and stir in butter; pour over chocolate and salt in a bowl. Let sit 2 minutes, then stir until smooth. Chill until thickened, 2 hours. Beat with a mixer on low speed until thick and fluffy, 1 minute (do not overbeat). Frost the cake and top with flaky salt.

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