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Texas Sheet Cake

A made from scratch chocolate sheet cake with an easy chocolate frosting featuring pecans. 
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 12
Calories 669 kcal

Ingredients

Sheet Cake:

  • 1 cup butter melted
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 2 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups white flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 ⁄2 cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Sheet Cake Frosting:

  • 1 ⁄2 cup butter
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 6 tablespoons milk
  • 1 lb confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup pecans chopped
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions

Sheet Cake:

  1. Put the butter, water and cocoa in a large pan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add the rest of the batter ingredients. Mix with electric mixer until smooth.
  2. Pour into an 11 x 16 x 1.5-inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.

Sheet Cake Frosting:

  1. Bring the butter, cocoa, and milk to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in the confectioners' sugar and the nuts. Add the vanilla.
  2. Pour on the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.