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Chocolate Sheet Cake
There are so many recipes on line for a Texas Sheet Cake. But this is the only recipe you will ever need.
What is a Texas Sheet cake?
It is a large cake baked in a sheet pan (13x 18) covered in chocolate frosting with pecans in the frosting. We omitted the nuts in the recipe because we do not like them. (I know, say it ain’t so!) Instead we topped ours with rainbow sprinkles. The nuts are listed in the recipe below in case you like them, if not simply omit like we do.
The Best Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake-
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp salt
4 TBSP cocoa
2 sticks butter, unsalted
½ cup buttermilk
1 cup boiling water
2 eggs, beaten
1 tsp baking soda
1 TBSP vanilla extract
Chocolate Frosting-
4 TBSP cocoa powder
3 cups powdered sugar
6 TBSP milk
1 ¾ stick butter, unsalted
½ cup chopped pecans (optional)
Directions
For the cake-
Spray a 13 x18 sheet pan with non-stick spray and preheat oven to 350.
In a saucepan melt the butter and cocoa, stir. Add the water and bring to a boil. Turn off heat.
In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Add the chocolate mixture and combine.
Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla and mix thoroughly making sure all the ingredients are combined.
Pour into prepared sheet pan and bake for 20 minutes.
Cool completely.
For the frosting-
Melt better in a small saucepan. Add the cocoa and stir to combine. Turn off heat. Add the milk, sugar and vanilla and mix until smooth. (add pecans here if desired) Pour over cake and even out the frosting. Top with sprinkles if desired.
Cut into squares and serve.
Chocolate Sheet Cake
This cake is delicious and feeds many people. We like making this the day before we have guests so that we can serve it for a few desserts. This would also be a great cake to bring to a pot luck or barbecue. My kids absolutely love this one!
Happy Baking!
Have a look at these other chocolate desserts:
Double Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Pudding
Chocolate Ice Cream
The Best Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake-
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tsp salt
- 4 TBSP cocoa
- 2 sticks butter unsalted
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 eggs beaten
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 TBSP vanilla extract
Chocolate Frosting-
- 4 TBSP cocoa powder
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 6 TBSP milk
- 1 ¾ stick butter unsalted
- ½ cup chopped pecans optional
Instructions
- For the cake-
- Spray a 13 x18 sheet pan with non-stick spray and preheat oven to 350.
- In a saucepan melt the butter and cocoa, stir. Add the water and bring to a boil. Turn off heat.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. Add the chocolate mixture and combine.
- Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla and mix thoroughly making sure all the ingredients are combined.
- Pour into prepared sheet pan and bake for 20 minutes.
- Cool completely
- For the frosting-
- Melt better in a small saucepan. Add the cocoa and stir to combine. Turn off heat. Add the milk, sugar and vanilla and mix until smooth. (add pecans here if desirePour over cake and even out the frosting. Top with sprinkles if desired.
- Cut into squares and serve.
Notes
It is a large cake baked in a sheet pan (13x 18) covered in chocolate frosting with pecans in the frosting. We omitted the nuts in the recipe because we do not like them. (I know, say it ain’t so!) Instead we topped ours with rainbow sprinkles. The nuts are listed in the recipe below in case you like them, if not simply omit like we do.
