Texas Sheet Cake. Stir in the sour cream until smooth. In a small saucepan, melt butter; add milk and cocoa. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth.
Beat in the sour cream and eggs.
Bring mixture to a boil then remove from heat.
Allow to cool slightly, then stir cocoa mixture into the egg mixture, mixing until blended.
You can cook Texas Sheet Cake using 18 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Texas Sheet Cake
- It's of Chocolate Cake Batter.
- It's 290 grams of AP flour.
- It's 445 grams of granulated sugar.
- Prepare 1 t of baking soda.
- Prepare 1/2 t of kosher salt.
- You need 1 c of butter.
- Prepare 1 c of water.
- It's 1/3 c of cocoa powder.
- You need 1 c of sour cream.
- It's 2 of eggs.
- Prepare 1 T of vanilla.
- Prepare of Chocolate Icing.
- It's 1 c of butter, melted.
- Prepare 1/3 c of milk.
- Prepare 1/4 c of cocoa powder.
- You need 1 lb of powder sugar.
- It's 1 T of vanilla.
- You need 1 c of chopped pecans, toasted (optional).
Combine butter, water, and cocoa powder for cake in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until butter has melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl.
Texas Sheet Cake instructions
- Mis En Place! Two mixing bowls, non-stick spray, whisks, 13x18x1” jelly roll and a medium sauce pan. Heat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray your jelly pan with the non-stick spray..
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt until fully combined without lumps..
- Cut the butter into chunks. Over medium heat in a medium sauce pan, bring the water, cocoa and butter to a boil. Stir often and be sure not to burn..
- Pour the cocoa mixture over the flour mixture. Mix to combine, then add the sour cream, eggs and vanilla..
- Spread the mixture into the prepared jelly pan. Bake 20-22 minutes, or until the cake springs back when gently pressed in the center and when the edges are coming away from the sides of the pan..
- While the cake bakes, make the chocolate icing! In a bowl, mix together the melted butter, milk and cocoa until well combined. In a large bowl, combine the powder sugar, cocoa mixture and vanilla..
- Whisk until no clumps remain. Cover with plastic wrap or a damp towel until cake is ready..
- You can frost the cake immediately for thinner icing that slightly melts into the cake, or allow to slightly cool for a thicker icing layer. If fully cooled, the icing may be slightly hard to spread, but can be warmed for 15 seconds to help pour and spread if needed. Otherwise icing the cooled cake will provide the thickest icing..
- Pro tip: sprinkle the icing with roasted pecans if someone in your family doesn’t like nuts! I lightly tapped these to be leveled while the icing was still setting and cake still warm!.
Texas Sheet Cake is a Southern specialty. Recipes for this cake are passed from generation to generation—and for good reason! This cake is incredibly easy to make, and calls for simple pantry ingredients. Make sure that you bring plenty of copies of this recipe with you because, believe me, your friends and family will be asking for it. In a large heatproof bowl, whisk together flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.