Aunt Toni's Texas Sheet Cake |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 2 |
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A favorite around our house for birthday's. Ingredients:
2 cups sugar |
2 cups flour |
1/2 teaspoon salt |
1 1/2 cups butter |
1 cup water |
8 tablespoons cocoa powder |
2 eggs |
1/2 cup milk, plus |
6 tablespoons milk |
1 tablespoon vinegar |
1 teaspoon baking soda |
4 teaspoons vanilla extract, dividied |
1 1/2 cups chopped nuts (optional) |
1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Grease and flour a jellyroll pan.
3. For cake: in a large bowl whisk together- 2c.sugar, 2c.flour and 1/2 tsp.of salt, and 1 tsp.baking soda. Set aside.
4. In another bowl mix together- 2 eggs, 1/2c.milk, 1 Tblsp.vinegar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and, if desired, 1/2c.nuts. Set aside.
5. In a pot over medium heat melt 2 sticks of butter. Add 1c. water, 4 Tblsp. cocoa powder and mix until encorperated. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
6. To cooled butter mixture add, little by little and mixing constantly- the egg mixture.
7. Then dump all into the big bowl full of the flour mixture. Stir until JUST combined.
8. Pour into greased/floured pan and bake 25 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
9. For icing: In a pot melt 1 stick of butter, 4 Tblsp. cocoa powder and 6 Tblsp. of milk.
10. Take off of heat and add powdered sugar, 1 Tblsp. vanilla, and, if desired, 1c. nuts. Beat until smooth. Pour over slightly warm cake. Will harden as it cools.
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