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As I was gearing up to make one of Pioneer Woman’s most popular dessert recipes, the first thing I noticed wasn’t the shockingly high cake-to-icing ratio or just how massive this cake is (it serves 24!) — it was that she had titled it “The Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Ever.” See that extra period? That’s some serious punctuation to emphasize its deliciousness.

If you’ve ever had Texas sheet cake, you’ll find this recipe similar: It’s a thin, flat chocolate cake baked in a sheet pan and topped with a thick, sugary icing and pecans. And if the punctuation hasn’t convinced you, maybe a celebrity will. Jennifer Garner is such a fan of this cake that she made it on her Instagram cooking show and endorses it as her family’s go-to chocolate sheet cake recipe.

Clearly, I needed to know the truth (although really I’ll find any excuse to bake something chocolatey). So I took to the kitchen to see if Ree’s beloved cake really held up to its claim.

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