Texas Sheet Cake
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Texas Sheet Cake
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The ultimate chocolate sheet cake recipe, along with the traditional boiled cocoa frosting.
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Ingredients
Ingredients for Chocolate Sheet Cake
- 1 cup butter 2 sticks or 220g
- 1 cup water
- 4 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 cups plain or all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup Creme Fraiche
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Ingredients for Texas Sheet Cake Frosting
- ½ cup butter 1 stick or 110g
- 4 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoon milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 16 oz powdered icing sugar, sifted
Instructions
Instructions for Chocolate Sheet Cake
- Add the butter, water and cocoa powder to a large saucepan and heat over a medium heat until the butter has melted and the mixture boils. Remove from the heat to allow to cool for 15-30 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175C/155C Fan) and prepare your sheet pan. This recipe will fit a three-quarter size sheet pan or two 9"x13" sheet pans. Grease and flour this or line with parchment paper.
- Add flour, sugar and salt to the boiled cocoa mixture, whisk to combine.
- Lastly, add the eggs, crème fraîche and baking soda to the mixture and whisk until smooth.
- Pour batter into the prepared sheet pan(s) and bake for about 25 minutes, checking after 20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove from the oven and cover in the frosting while still warm in the sheet pan.
Instructions for Boiled Cocoa Frosting
- Add the butter, cocoa powder, milk and vanilla to a saucepan and heat over a medium heat until the butter has melted and the mixture boils.
- Sift the powdered icing sugar into the boiled cocoa and whisk until smooth.
- Pour this over your warm cake in the sheet pan(s) and spread evenly.
Notes
- See the blog post for further tips and details.
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