Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake
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4.4
Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake
Description
This cake recipe blends dry ingredients including flour, sugar, salt, and cocoa powder. Separately, butter and cocoa are melted together before adding boiling water, which briefly simmers to deepen chocolate flavor. Combining this with flour and wet ingredients like buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract produces a runny batter that bakes thin and moist in a large pan.
Once baked at 350°F for 19-21 minutes, the cake is topped immediately with a frosting made by melting butter and stirring in cocoa, then mixing in milk, vanilla, powdered sugar, and chopped pecans. The frosting melds into the warm cake, creating a glossy, nutty topping.
After resting about 30 minutes, the cake is easier to cut into squares. This sheet cake is ideal for gatherings needing a rich chocolate dessert that serves many.
Ingredients
- cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 ticks butter
- 1 cup water boiling
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 egg
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- frosting
- 1/2 cup pecans chopped
- 1 3/4 tick butter
- 4 tbsp cocoa powder
- 6 tbap milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a medium mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, and salt.
- In a saucepan, melt the butter and add in the cocoa powder.
- Stir in the boiling water, allowing mixture to boil for about 30 seconds before removing from heat.
- Pour over flour mixture and stir lightly.
- In a small bowl, add the buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla.
- Stir until combined.
- Pour into chocolate/flour mixture and stir until combined.
- Pour batter into cookie sheet (use an 18 x 13 to avoid spillage).
- Bake cake in preheated oven, 350, for about 19-21 minutes.
- While cake is baking, make frosting by melting butter in a saucepan.
- Add cocoa powder and stir until combined.
- Remove from heat and add in the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
- Add in the pecans.
- Pour frosting over the warm cake once cake is removed from oven.
- Allow to sit for about 30 minutes prior to cutting into squares!
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 12Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 673 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 673kcal | 34% |
| Carbohydrates | 93g | 31% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 34g | 52% |
| Saturated Fat | 19g | 95% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2g | 12% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 105mg | 35% |
| Sodium | 418mg | 17% |
| Potassium | 134mg | 3% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 74g | 148% |
| Vitamin A | 953IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 44mg | 4% |
| Iron | 2mg | 11% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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Overall Rating
4.4
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