This Texas sheet cake is hands down my all-time favorite cake! I fell in love with making it after my grandmother shared the recipe with me. This dessert is super quick, easy, and fun to make. I definitely recommend this for first-time bakers and anyone else who would love to take a bite out of a delicious chocolate treat.
Ingredients
- salted butter: 1 cup
- water: 1 cup
- cocoa powder: 3 Tbsp
- all-purpose flour: 2 cups
- white sugar: 2 cups
- salt: 0.5 tsp
- buttermilk: 0.5 cup
- eggs: 2 piece
- baking soda: 1 tsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- unsalted butter: 0.5 cup
- milk: 6 Tbsp
- cocoa powder: 3 Tbsp
- vanilla extract: 1 tsp
- confectioners' sugar: 2 cups
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Stages of cooking
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cake pan.
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Prepare the cake: Combine butter, water, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until butter has melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool slightly. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
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Add melted butter mixture to flour mixture, then add buttermilk-egg mixture and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into the prepared cake pan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
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While the cake bakes, make the frosting: Combine butter, milk, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts, then stir in powdered sugar. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Spread frosting over the warm cake. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
