I love me some Texas Sheet Cake. So does my husband, my mom, my dad, and my siblings. My bosses love it now because I made them Texas Sheet Cake cupcakes. It is DELICIOUS! It literally disappears when I make it. Tonight my mom brought me some buttermilk she had leftover from making ranch dressing. She knew what was going to happen. I think she's hoping that some will make it to her house.
Because I'm feeling especially nice and because I'm on a sugar high resulting from eating the frosting (its like fudge on a cake), I'm going to give you the recipe that my mom uses. WONDERFUL!!!
Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
1 cup butter (2 cubes)
4 tablespoons baking cocoa
1 cup water
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
½ teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Directions
Bring butter, cocoa, and water to a boil. In a separate bowl, mix, flour sugar, and salt together. Pour hot mixture over the dry ingredients while beaters are going. Add eggs, buttermilk, soda, and vanilla. Batter will be very wet. Pour into a greased and floured cookie sheet and bake at 375F for 20-25 minutes. Make frosting just before cake is done.
Frosting
Ingredients
½ cup of butter (1 cube)
6 tablespoons milk.
4 tablespoons cocoa
Dash of salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (1 lb) box of powdered sugar
½ cup chopped nuts (optional)
Directions
Bring butter, milk, cocoa, salt, and vanilla to a boil. Pour over the powdered sugar, and beat until smooth. Add nuts if you want. Pour over cake 10 minutes after removing from the oven. Cool completely.
Note: If you don't have any buttermilk, you can substitute milk. Simply add 1 TBSP of vinegar to 1 cup of milk. Let it sit for 5 minutes.
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I'm not sure why Texas Sheet Cake doesn't have its own Holiday.
ReplyDeleteYou can also make REALLY yummy banana bread with buttermilk!! It's my fav recipe for banana bread! But Texas Sheet Cake is what my mom gets for her birthday every year! Thanks a lot, now I'm craving it!
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