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Texas Sheet Cake

Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 30 servings
Author: Laura

Ingredients

Texas Sheet Cake

  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter unsalted
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • 5 TBSP cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup milk scant 1/2 cup, you're making it sour by adding vinegar
  • 2 tsp vinegar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp baking soda

Icing

  • 1 3/4 sticks butter 14 TABLESPOONS
  • 1/2 tsp salt if using unsalted butter
  • 5 TBSP cocoa powder
  • 6 TBSP milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

cake instructions

  • preheat oven to 350˚
  • stir the flour, sugar, and salt together, set aside
  • melt butter over medium heat, whisk in boiling water and cocoa, bring to a quick boil, just 30 seconds or so
  • pour the butter mixture over the flour, stir to combine, set aside to cool a little
  • meanwhile measure the milk out, add the vinegar, let it sour
  • lightly beat the eggs
  • mix the eggs, sour milk, vanilla, and baking soda together
  • pour into the flour butter mix, stir to combine
  • pour in an ungreased 18X13 pan
  • bake 20 minutes
  • while the cake is baking make the icing so you can pour it on the cake while it's still hot

Icing

  • melt the butter over medium heat
  • while it melts measure the powdered sugar, sift it or run it through a sieve to get it smooth
  • when the butter is melted whisk in the salt, cocoa powder, milk and vanilla
  • once blended add the powdered sugar and whisk smooth
  • pour over the cake when it comes out of the oven
  • cool for at least an hour before cutting it