Texas Sheet Cake

We were conscripted to make our niece's favorite cake for her first birthday at college. We decided we could stick it in a pizza box for transport and delivery so she wouldn't have to clean and return a pan. This of course meant we had to cut a rectangular cake down to a square and find a home for the leftovers ;)

 

Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients:

2 c flour

2 c sugar

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 c butter (1 stick)

1/2 c oil

1/4 c cocoa

1 c water

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 c buttermilk

1 tsp baking soda

 

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frosting

 

1/2 c butter (1 stick)

1/4 c cocoa

3 Tbsp milk

3 c powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

 

 

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.   Grease and flour a cookie sheet (the silver ones 1/2 sheet size work best).

 

In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt.   In a medium sauce pan, combine and bring to a boil the butter, oil, cocoa, and water.   Add the cocoa mixture to the flour/sugar mixture and mix well with an electric mixer.   add the eggs, vanilla, buttermilk, and soda, and mix well again.   Pour into prepared cookie sheet.   Bake for 20-22 minutes (or until a toothpick comes out clean).   Frost with chocolate frosting when cool.

 

for frosting:

Put the powdered sugar in a mixing bowl.   melt butter in a small saucepan and add cocoa.   Remove from heat and add milk.   Pour cocoa mixture into powdered sugar.   Mix well (starting on low speed) until creamy.   Add vanilla and mix until of spreading consistancy.   If it is too thick, add more milk a little at a time.   If it is too thin, add more powdered sugar.

 

Number Of Servings: that all depends, but generally 15

 

Preparation Time: 10 min. mixing, about 20 min baking, 1 hour cooling, 10 min. frosting