Ingredients
Cake:
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 cup butter
1 cup water
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
Icing:
6 tablespoons milk
5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
½ cup butter
4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup chopped walnuts (Optional)
Directions
Gather all ingredients.
Ingredients to make Texas sheet cake
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Groceries
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan.
A greased blue jelly roll pan
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Make cake: Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl. Beat in sour cream and eggs.
A bowl of flour, sugar, baking soda, eggs, and sour cream being mixed together with a hand mixer
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in water and cocoa powder. Bring mixture to a boil then remove from the heat.
A small pot with melted butter, water, and cocoa powder being whisked together
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Allow to cool slightly, then stir cocoa mixture into the flour and egg mixture until blended. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
A large glass bowl of Texas sheet cake batter with a hand mixer
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Groceries
Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. While the cake is baking, make icing: Combine milk, cocoa powder, and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.
A small pot of chocolate icing with a whisk
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Stir in confectioners’ sugar and vanilla, then fold in walnuts, mixing until blended.
A small pot of chocolate icing with a whisk
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Spread icing over warm cake.
A Texas sheet cake in a blue jelly roll pan, on a wire cooling rack
Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
Serve and enjoy!
Read more on next page
ADVERTISEMENT
