Texas Sheet Cake

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Texas Sheet Cake

3.50 from 18 votes
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Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • 2 stick butter
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 cup water
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup sour cream
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda

Frosting

  • 1 stick butter
  • 6 tablespoons milk
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 ½ cup chopped nuts (walnuts, pecans, hazelnuts, etc.)

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 350º.
  • Combine sugar, flour and salt in a large bowl. Set aside
  • In a saucepan, add 2 sticks of butter, 4 tablespoons of cocoa and 1 cup of water. Bring to a boil.
  • In a small bowl, beat together 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla, baking soda and sour cream.
  • Combine all 3 mixtures into one and whisk together.
  • Spray a half sheet pan (one of my Top 11 Kitchen Accessories I Can’t Live Without) with a cooking spray. Pour mixture into pan and place in preheated oven. Bake for 20-30 minutes until center is done and toothpick comes out clean.
  • While cake is baking, make the frosting.
  • Heat 1 stick butter, 6 tablespoons of milk and 4 tablespoons cocoa until butter is melted (I did mine in a microwave for ease). Pour into medium sized bowl. Add 4 cups of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and chopped nuts. Mix well together with a whisk.
  • When cake is done, let stand for 5 minutes. Pour frosting over the top and cover whole top (do it after the 5 minutes so that some of the frosting soaks into the cake). Let cake cool. Cut and serve.
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8 Comments

  1. Linda

    5 stars
    Easy recipe and a delicious cake

  2. Sharon Morris

    Looking for the recipe for Texas Sheetcake cookies!

  3. Georgann

    4 stars
    This cake turned out amazing; however, my husband doesn’t like chocolate on chocolate, so he suggested I ice it with homemade cream cheese frosting instead. I did, plus I added Oreo cookie (only) crumbles on top, and it was even more delicious than the recipe here!

  4. Becky

    You advertised Texas Sheetcake Brownies. Where is the recipe??

  5. Jan

    5 stars
    This is just like the Texas Sheet Cake recipe I’ve had for about 40 years! I got it from a friend. Everyone raves about this cake when I make it and they want the recipe!!! My recipe calls for 1/2 cup of Crisco and no Sour Cream. Next time, I’m going to use sour cream instead and see how it tastes!

  6. Veronica

    Can this recipe be cut in half? Just the two of us here… 😉

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