Texas Sheet Cake With Frosting
photo by CindiJ
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Yields:
-
1 cake
ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups flour
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄2 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
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Frosting
- 1⁄2 cup butter
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa
- 1⁄4 cup milk, plus
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 lb confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped pecans, reserved (optional)
directions
- Cake: Combine butter, water and cocoa in saucepan over medium heat; heat until butter melts. Add sugar, flour, salt, eggs, soda, sour cream and vanilla; mix well.
- Pour into 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan. Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
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While cake is baking make frosting:
- Combine butter, cocoa and milk in medium saucepan; bring to boil.
- Add remaining ingredients (reserving pecans for garnishing)and mix well with electric mixer.
- Remove cake from oven and while hot, spread frosting over the hot sheet cake.
- Sprinkle with chopped pecans.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
CindiJ
Glenallen, Missouri
Missouri born and bred. Raised in a family of awesome cooks and bakers! I love to cook, bake breads, pies. Nothing makes me happier than to hear someone moan or sigh with delight while eating something I've made.