texas sheet cake
My Mothers favorite. I made sure I copied the recipe years ago. My pictures
prep time
10 Min
cook time
20 Min
method
Bake
yield
several
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups butter
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 - eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ICING
- 1 stick butter
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 16 ounces powdered sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans, this is good without the nuts also.
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
How To Make texas sheet cake
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Step 1In a bowl, sift together flour and sugar, set aside. In a saucepan, add the butter, cocoa and water; bring to a boil. Add to the flour mixture and stir well. -
Step 2Add the baking soda to the buttermilk, and add to the mixture. Mix in eggs and vanilla. Make sure everything is well combined.
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Step 3Pour into a sprayed 11 x 17 sheet pan. Bake at 400 degree for 20 minutes.
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Step 4For frosting: Mix the first three ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and mix in the powdered sugar, vanilla and pecans. Spread over warm cake.
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Step 5Yum!...I forgot how glossy the cake mix gets...with all that butter...don't be counting your calories with this baby...
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