Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
Texas chocolate sheet cake is a moist chocolate cake made in a sheet pan and a warm chocolate frosting on top.
Ingredients
Sheet Cake
- 1 cup/2 sticks unsalted butter
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup buttermilk (or sour cream)
- 2 large eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Chocolate Frosting
- ½ cup/1 stick butter
- ¼ cup buttermilk or regular milk
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
To make the sheet cake:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your sheet pan/jelly roll pan with parchment paper or non-stick spray.
- Combine butter, water, and cocoa in a medium/large saucepan on the stovetop and bring to boil. Once it boils, remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.1 cup/2 sticks unsalted butter, 1 cup water, ¼ cup cocoa powder
- In a large mixing bowl or stand mixer, combine all purpose flour, granulated sugar, baking soda and salt.2 cups granulated sugar, 2 cups all purpose flour, 1 tsp baking soda, ½ tsp salt
- Add saucepan ingredients to dry ingredients, then mix lightly.
- Add buttermilk or sour cream, vanilla extract, and eggs, mixing until no lumps remain.½ cup buttermilk (or sour cream), 2 large eggs, 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Pour into prepared pan and place in preheated oven. Bake 20-22 minutes or until toothpick in center comes out clean.
- Start preparing the frosting when cake has about 10 minutes to go.
Chocolate Frosting:
- Combine butter and cocoa in a saucepan on top of the stove. Once boiling, remove from heat, add in vanilla and buttermilk/milk.½ cup/1 stick butter, ¼ cup cocoa powder, 2 tsp vanilla extract, ¼ cup buttermilk or regular milk
- Place powdered sugar in large bowl or stand mixer and pour hot cocoa mixture on top.4 cups powdered sugar
- Blend together until no lumps and frosting is smooth.
- Spread frosting over cake while it is still hot and make sure to hit the entire top of the cake. Slice while warm or cool. Enjoy!
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