Texas sheet cake inspired by The Pioneer Woman's Best Chocolate Sheet Cake. Ever.
Yield 24 servings
Ingredients
For cake:
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 2 whole eggs, beaten
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
For frosting:
- 1/2 cup pecans, roughly chopped
- 1-3/4 sticks butter
- 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pound (minus 1/2 cup) powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Combine flour, sugar and salt in large mixing bowl.
- Melt butter in medium saucepan. Add cocoa and stir.
- Add boiling water. Allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat.
- Pour liquid mixture into flour mixture, and stir gently, allowing it to cool slightly.
- Combine buttermilk, beaten eggs, baking soda and vanilla into liquid measuring cup.
- Pour buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Stir gently but thoroughly. Avoid overmixing.
- Pour cake batter into greased sheet cake pan. Bake for 20 minutes.
- Melt butter in saucepan. Add cocoa and stir to combine. Turn off heat.
- Add milk, vanilla and powdered sugar to saucepan. Stir.
- Stir in pecans.
- Pour over warm cake.
- Cut into squares and serve.
Courses Desserts
Recipe by Grateful | makeitgrateful.com at https://www.makeitgrateful.com/living/celebrate/labor-day/texas-sheet-cake-pioneer-womans-best-chocolate-sheet-cake-ever/