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Cakes • A family favorite

2020 Cookbook

Texas Sheet Cake

Recipe by Emily Broadbent

Heat
350°F
Time
25 min
Makes
Not recorded

Texas Sheet Cake, preserved in the Brown Family Cookbook 2020.

01

Ingredients

  • 2 cup flour
  • ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cup sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 stp. Baking soda
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • ¼ tsp. Salt
  • 1 ½ tsp. Vanilla
  • 1 cup butter

02

Method

  1. 01

    In a medium bowl, stir together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt; set aside. In a medium saucepan combine butter, cocoa, and 1 cup water. Bring mixture just to boiling, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. Add the cocoa mixture to flour mixture and beat with an electric mixer until thoroughly combined. Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat for 1 minute (batter will be thin). Pour into a greased 15x10x1 inch pan and bake at 350 for 25 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Spread warm chocolate frosting over warm cake; cool completely. Frosting: combine ½ cup melted butter, ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, and ⅓ cup buttermilk. Add 4 ½ cups powdered sugar and 1 tsp. Vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in ¾ cup chopped walnuts.