Best Grandmas Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake Recipes

GRANDMA'S TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease a 10 x 15-inch jelly roll pan and set aside.
• Place butter, shortening, water and cocoa powder in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; remove from heat.
• In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Pour the hot butter mixture over the flour mixture. Use an electric mixer to beat on medium speed for 1 minute.
• Add eggs, vanilla extract and buttermilk. Beat on medium speed for 1 more minute.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Tap on the counter a few times to release air bubbles. Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Place the cake pan on a wire rack and immediately prepare the frosting.
• If your cake has a rounded top on it when it comes out of the oven, use your hands, oven mits, or a dish towel to gently press down on the top of the cake to create a flat surface. You need a relatively flat top so that the icing will not run off the sides.
• Place butter, cocoa powder and milk in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; remove from heat. Add the sifted confectioners' sugar and the vanilla extract; beat until smooth.
• Pour the hot frosting over the warm cake. Spread evenly, then set the cake on a wire rack to cool completely. The frosting will firm up as it cools. Slice into squares and serve!

GRANDMA STODDARD'S TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• For Cake:.
• Grease 10x15x2 pan (jelly roll pan).
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• In a medium saucepan, bring to a boil: butter, water and cocoa. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a medium mixing bowl, sift together: sugar, flour and salt.
• In a seperate bowl, beat together: eggs, buttermilk (or sour cream), vinegar, vanilla and baking soda.
• Pour both the egg/milk mixture and the warm chocolate mixture into the flour mixture. Stir until well mixed.
• Pour warm batter into greased pan.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.
• While cake is baking, prepare frosting.
• For frosting:.
• Bring to a boil: butter, cocoa and milk.
• Add: powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts.
• Spread on cake immediately after removing cake from oven. Must be hot spread easily.

TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the butter, water and cocoa to a boil. Remove from the heat. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; add to cocoa mixture. Stir in the sour cream until smooth. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean., In a small saucepan, melt butter; add milk and cocoa. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour over warm cake. Cool completely on a wire rack.