Easy Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
Moist, decadent, and full of chocolate flavor, this Texas Sheet Cake recipe is the best and the easiest chocolate cake you’ll ever make. A large, thin chocolate cake made in a sheet pan and covered in warm chocolate frosting with pecans, this sheet cake is always a hit at parties and potlucks.
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My Ultimate Texas Sheet Cake recipe is everything a great cake should be: soft, moist, and incredibly chocolatey with fudgy frosting, alongside the wonderful crunch and flavor of toasted pecans. GET THE WRITTEN RECIPE:
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Texas sheet cake is a super simple cake recipe that can be mixed up in one bowl and baked in a sheet pan. All in all, it will probably take you about five minutes to make the batter and only about 20 to bake it. It's a thin chocolate cake topped with chocolate frosting and toasted pecans.
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The BEST Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake DeSSERT Recipe for a CROWD!
How can you go wrong with Chocolate Texas sheet cake that asks for 4 sticks of butter? This is a dessert recipe for a crowd or for the you alone. It is easily frozen and delicious to eat frozen too! The chocolate frosting is absolutely delicious and a must with this Sheet Cake.
This cake does not disappoint. And the story behind it does not either.....
This recipe comes from a church fundraiser cookbook from 1978. My mom tried the recipe and said it was terrible. She scribbled out the page. Then her sister came over and they started discussing the new cookbook. My mom told her that the cake was not any good. My Aunt told her that an important ingredient was left out. Baking Soda! She proceeded to write my mom a little note on the cookbook to tell her it was a good recipe and to just add soda. See below to see the actual recipe from the cookbook. (my mom changed the name)
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Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake
2 teaspoons soda 4 1/2 T cocoa powder
3 cups flour 3 eggs well beaten
3 cups sugar 3/4 cup buttermilk (or 1 T vinegar and 3/4 cup milk)
1 t salt 3 t vanilla (my mom always doubles the vanilla)
3 sticks butter
1 1/2 cups water
Mix flour, sugar, soda and salt in bowl. Bring to boil butter, water, and cocoa powder. Pour hot mixture into flour mixture and stir well. Pour well beaten eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla into batter. Pour into well greased cookie sheet and bake at 350* for 25 mins.
While your cake is cooking make your frosting.
Frosting
Bring to boil
1 stick butter, 4 T Cocoa, and 1/3 cup milk. (remove from heat) Add 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar, 2 t vanilla, and 1 cup chopped nuts. (pecans or walnuts)
when cake is done, pour frosting over HOT cake. Serve immediately or when cooled.
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How to Make CHOCOLATE TEXAS SHEET CAKE {Recipe Video}
How to Make CHOCOLATE TEXAS SHEET CAKE I The Best Cake Recipes
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Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake with buttery cocoa frosting that melts in your mouth. This is the ultimate chocolate cake that is easy to take to potlucks. Perfect served with a scoop of ice cream! CUSTOMIZE
TEXAS SHEET CAKE RECIPE
Nothing says tradition like Texas Sheet Cake. I’m not exactly clear as to why this is called “Texas” sheet cake when it is really just a chocolate sheet cake. Some sources say it’s because the cake is “big as Texas”. Others note that it is a traditional southern cake, passed down from generation to generation. Whatever the official name or where it came from, this homemade sheet cake is delicious!
EASY CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE
If you’re nervous about making from-scratch cakes, this is a good recipe to start with. You’ll find it easy to melt the butter, water and cocoa powder together to make a creamy chocolate sauce. From that point, just add the dry ingredients, then add in the eggs and sour cream, which is going to make this cake very moist.
FROSTING FOR SHEET CAKE
It’s important to make this easy chocolate frosting while the cake is baking. One thing I love about Texas sheet cake is how the frosting “soaks” into the cake, making it extra moist. This happens because you frost the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Pour the frosting on and allow it to settle and “melt” into the cake. This is what gives the sheet cake such a shiny, smooth look.
For the Cake:
1 cup butter (2 sticks)
1 cup hot water
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 large eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
For the Frosting:
1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
4 tablespoons cocoa powder
6 tablespoons milk
1 pound powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts (for topping)
Instructions
For the Cake:
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Grease the bottom and sides of a 17x11 cookie sheet pan.
In a saucepan, mix the butter, water and cocoa powder. Bring to a low boil.
Pour the chocolate mixture into a large bowl. Set aside.
In a small bowl, mix together the sugar, flour and salt.
Gradually add the dry mixture to the chocolate and mix well.
Add the eggs and mix well.
Add the sour cream and baking soda. Mix well.
Pour into the greased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
For the Frosting:
*Plan to make the frosting about 15 minutes before the cake is done. The cake should be frosted while it is warm.
Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium low heat.
Add the cocoa powder and milk. Heat just until the mixture starts to bubble. Remove from the heat.
Using a hand mixer, gradually beat in the powdered sugar and vanilla until completely blended.
Spread the frosting on the cake as soon as it is out of the oven.
Allow the cake to cool completely.
Store any leftovers in an airtight container.
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Betty's Texas Sheet Cake--CHOCOLATE!
Betty demonstrates how to make a Texas Sheet Cake. This is a chocolate cake, and I recommend using the Chocolate Sheet Cake Icing from Betty's Kitchen to top the cake, along with a sprinkling of chopped pecans.
Texas Sheet Cake
½ cup butter
½ cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
¼ cup cocoa powder
½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 cups sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Chocolate Sheet Cake Icing (recipe available in Betty's Kitchen)
½ cup chopped pecans (toasted, if desired)
Combine ½ cup butter, ½ cup vegetable oil, 1 cup water, ¼ cup cocoa powder, and ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips in a medium to large-sized saucepan. Place over low and stir until butter and chocolate chips melt. Add 2 cups sugar, 2 cups all-purpose flour, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon. Mix well. Pour batter into a large (15-inch by 10-inch by 1-inch) jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees (F) for approximately 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Immediately spread Chocolate Sheet Cake Icing over HOT sheet cake and sprinkle with chopped pecans. Cool and cut into squares. This is a large cake, and it is great for parties and potlucks. I hope you love it! --Betty ♥♥♥♥♥
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Texas Sheet Cake With Priya and Genevieve | NYT Cooking
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At a basic level, Texas sheet cake — also referred to as a sheath cake, Texas funeral cake or Texas brownie cake — is a chocolate cake with chocolate icing made in a shallow jelly roll pan. But for many Texans, it’s part of the Texan identity (and yes, being from Texas is an identity). Priya Krishna and Genevieve Ko are in the studio kitchen showing us how to make the chocolate-on-chocolate special of the Lone Star State.
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