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A scrumptious Texas sheet cake with chocolate frosting. Note: The frosting is a touch scant for any bigger sheet cake, so you can double the amount frosting, and increase the milk, when needed. It ought to be almost thin enough to pour to the cake. It'll firm because it cools.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon sodium bicarbonate
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cacao powder
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk or sour milk
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
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- Chocolate Frosting:
- 1/4 cup butter
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cacao
- 3 tablespoons buttermilk
- 2 to two 1/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans, optional
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Preparation
Cake
Grease and flour a 15X10X1-inch or jelly roll pan or perhaps a 13X9X2-inch baking pan put aside. Inside a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, sodium bicarbonate, and salt put aside.
Inside a medium saucepan combine 1 cup butter, 1/3 cup cacao, and 1 cup water. Bring mixture to some boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. By having an electric hands-held mixer on medium speed, beat chocolate mixture in to the dry mixture until completely blended.
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Add eggs, 1/2 cup of buttermilk, and 1 1/2 teaspoons of vanilla. Beat for one minute (batter is going to be thin). Pour batter in to the prepared pan.
Bake inside a 350° oven about 22 to 25 minutes for that 15X10-inch pan or about 30 to 35 minutes for that 13X9-inch pan, or until a wood pick or cake tester placed in center arrives clean.
Pour warm chocolate frosting within the warm cake, distributing evenly. Place cake in pan on the wire rack awesome completely before cutting.
Makes 24 servings.
Frosting:
Inside a medium saucepan combine 1/4 cup butter, 3 tablespoons unsweetened cacao powder, and three tablespoons buttermilk. Provide a boil, stirring, over medium heat. Remove from heat add 2 cups confectioners' sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth. Increase the confectioners' sugar or perhaps a little milk or even more buttermilk, as needed, for any spreadable frosting. If preferred, stir in 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans. Spread the nice and cozy frosting within the cake.
Note: As reviews have recommended, more frosting may be required for a bigger sheet pan.
Increase amounts or double the amount frosting recipe for that bigger cake.