Cake Recipes
Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup water
Frosting
- 1 box confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 4 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
- 6 tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Cake: In bowl, mix flour, sour cream, salt, sugar, baking soda and eggs.
- In a pan, bring to boil butter, cocoa and water.
- Add boiled mixture to dry ingredients, mix well, and pour into a large sheet cake pan, 15 1/2 x 10 1/2 inches, that has been greased and floured well. (The batter is very thin.)
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 20 minutes.
- Frosting: Mix sugar, vanilla extract and nuts in a pan.
- Boil butter, milk and cocoa and add to dry ingredients, beating until smooth.
- Frost cake while cake is hot, as the frosting is very thick.