
Cakes and Frostings
Texas Sheet Cake
A rich, chocolate butter cake that can be made in about 30 minutes.
Prep
15 minutes
Cook
20 minutes
Servings
24
Level
Easy
Cake
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup (2 sticks) Challenge Butter
- 4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (¼ cup)
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Icing
- ½ cup (1 stick) Challenge Butter
- 4 Tablespoons (¼ cup) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 Tablespoons milk
- 16 oz. powdered sugar (confectioner’s sugar) (typically 1 box)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Cake
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1Preheat oven to 375°F. Butter a 16x10x1 inch baking pan (or Baker’s half sheet pan).
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2Mix flour and sugar in a large mixing bowl; set aside.
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3In a saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, and water; bring to a boil and take off heat.
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4Stir the butter/cocoa mixture into the flour/sugar mixture. Add sour cream, eggs, vanilla, baking soda and salt. Mix well.
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5Pour into prepared pan. Bake 15-20 minutes or until cake tests done.
Icing
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1In a saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, and milk. Bring to a boil and remove from heat.
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2In a mixing bowl, combine powdered sugar and vanilla.
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3Add hot butter/cocoa mixture to sugar mixture; beat well.
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!Spread icing over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.