White Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
This easy to make white Texas sheet cake is great to feed a crowd. It is moist, buttery, and full of almond flavor in the cake and frosting.
Ingredients
Cake Ingredients
- 1 Cup (2 sticks) Unsalted Butter
- 1 Cup Water
- 2 Cups Granulated Sugar
- 2 Cups All-Purpose Flour
- 2 Eggs, Beaten
- ½ Cup Sour Cream or Buttermilk
- ½ tsp. Salt
- 1 tsp. Baking Soda
- 1 tsp. Almond Extract (or Vanilla)
Frosting Ingredients
- ½ Cup (1 stick) Unsalted Butter
- 4 ½ Cups Powdered Sugar
- ¼ tsp. Salt
- 1 tsp. Almond Extract (or Vanilla)
- ¼ Cup Sour Cream
- ¼ Cup Milk or buttermilk
Instructions
How to make the cake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your sheet pan/jelly roll pan with parchment paper or non-stick spray.
- Combine butter, water in a medium/large saucepan on the stovetop and bring to boil. Remove from heat once it boils.
- In medium bowl or stand mixer, combine flour, granulated sugar, baking soda, and salt.
- Add saucepan ingredients to dry ingredients, then mix lightly.
- Add in buttermilk or sour cream, almond extract, and eggs, then mix until no lumps.
- Pour into prepared pan and place in preheated oven. Bake 18-20 minutes. Cool about 5 minutes before frosting.
How to make frosting
- Start preparing the frosting when cake has 5 minutes to go.
- Combine butter in a saucepan on top of the stove.
- Once melted, remove from heat, then add in vanilla/almond extract, sour cream and buttermilk//milk.
- Mix in powdered sugar with a hand mixer or in a stand mixer bowl.
- Spread the frosting over your still warm cake. Allow to cool or just dig that fork right in and enjoy!
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