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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Everything's Bigger in Texas...

I seriously love Texas Sheet Cake! Love it!!!! And now that we are living here, I felt it was only necessary to enjoy a BIG piece of a Large Texas Sheet Cake, and what better to serve it with than Texas's one and only Blue Bell Ice Cream!  Ok, I know, a little over board on the whole Texas thing, but how else could I justify just making a large sheet cake in the middle of the week for no reason?  I highly suggest you all go make yourselves a large cake, in the middle of the week, for no reason at all, other than to stuff your faces with it!  I swear that's not what I did....

Recipe:
For the Cake:
2 cups Sugar
2 cups Flour
1 tsp. Baking Soda
1/2 tsp. Salt
2 whole Eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
1 cup Butter (2 sticks)
1/4 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 cup Water

For the Frosting:
1 stick Butter
1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp. Milk
1 tsp. Vanilla
6 cups Powdered Sugar
4 heaping Tbsp. Cocoa Powder

Stir together the sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl.  With a mixer, mix in your eggs and sour cream and beat on low.  Melt the butter in a medium saucepan over medium heat and add in the cocoa and water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and slowly add the hot mixture into the sugar/flour mixture mixing on low.

Pour the batter into a lightly greased jelly roll pan (12x17).  Bake for 18-20 minutes @*375.  Let the cake cool for about 10-15 minutes before frosting.

For the frosting, melt the butter in a medium pot over med. heat. Add in the milk and bring to a boil. Remove immediately from the heat and add in the vanilla, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar. Beat till smooth. Spread over the sheet cake with a knife.  Served best with Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream.


(Recipe Source: Food Nanny)  

7 comments:

  1. Sounds yummy and I'm your newest follower.

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  2. YUM! I want this for breakfast! I need to invest in a sheet pan so I can make sheet cakes.

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  3. I love to make Texas Sheet Cake. It's my mom and brother's favorite. Yours looks delicious!

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  4. This looks like some Texas Sheet Cake, all that chocolate. How would you like to link this to my brand new linky, Bake with Bizzy? I would love to have your recipe listed. It is one, I want to make.

    http://bizzybakesb.blogspot.com/2011/05/bake-with-bizzy.html

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  5. When do you add the cocoa to the frosting mixture?

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  6. Jesmyn- you add the cocoa powder in when you add in the vanilla and powder sugar. Sorry about that I'm glad you caught that error. I have fixed it in the recipe. Thanks again and I hope you enjoy the cake!

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