Texas Sheet Cake is a dessert for all seasons. It’s a combination of chocolate cake and pecan chocolate fudge. Serve it with vanilla ice cream or vanilla bean gelato and you have a dessert that can be dressed up or down for any occasion. It’s easy to put together and it travels well.
Texas Sheet Cake
Directions:
Boil for one minute: 2 sticks margarine or butter, 1 cup water, and 4 Tbsp. cocoa.
Remove from the heat and add:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
½ tsp. salt
2 beaten eggs (make sure the eggs are not added alone to the hot mixture)
8 oz. sour cream
1 tsp. baking soda
Stir mixture well and pour into a greased 15 ½ x 10 ½ x 5/8 in. pan (cookie sheet with sides). Bake 20-25 minutes at 375 degrees.
Ice the warm cake. While the cake is baking, begin preparing the icing.
Boil: 1 stick margarine or butter, 4 Tbsp. cocoa, 6 Tbsp. milk. Boil one minute and keep stirring.
Add: 1 box confectioners’ sugar (4 cups), 1 tsp. vanilla, and 1 cup chopped nuts (roast the nuts if possible).
Spread the frosting over the warm cake. Let the icing cool before cutting the cake.
Enjoy!
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