Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
- 2 each C Sugar
- 2 each C All-purpose flour
- 0.3 each C Cocoa
- 1 each t Baking soda
- 1 each t Cinnamon
- 0.5 each C Butter (1 stick), melted
- 0.5 each C Buttermilk
- 0.5 each C Canola or other vegetable oil
- 1 each C Water
- 2 each Eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 each t Vanilla extract
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 400°F.
- 2
Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
- 3
Sift together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda and cinnamon, and set aside.
- 4
Stir together the remaining ingredients.
- 5
Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, stirring until you have a smooth, rather thin batter.
- 6
Pour into your prepared pan, and bake at 400°F for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- 7
While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting.
- 8
For the Frosting: ¼ C Plus 2 tablespoons Milk (whole, 2%, skim - doesn't matter) ¼ C Cocoa ½ C Butter 1 pound Confectioner's sugar, sifted (about 4 cups) 1 t Vanilla extract 1 C Chopped pecans Mix the milk and cocoa in a heavy saucepan (stir, stir, stir).
- 9
Add the butter and, over medium heat, stir until the butter melts.
- 10
Remove from heat and gradually stir in the sugar and vanilla until smooth.
- 11
Add the pecans.
- 12
When the cake is just out of the oven, spread the frosting evenly on the