TEXAS SHEET CAKE WITH FROSTING

Texas Sheet Cake With Frosting image

A friend of the family shared this recipe with me. This cake is so moist and is total comfort food at its best. I hope you will enjoy it as much as we do.

Provided by CindiJ

Categories Dessert

Time 30m

Yield 1 cake

Number Of Ingredients 17

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Ingredients

1 cup unsalted butter
1 cup water
1/4 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup cocoa
1/4 cup milk, plus
2 tablespoons milk
1 lb confectioners' sugar, sifted
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans, reserved (optional)

Steps:

Cake: Combine butter, water and cocoa in saucepan over medium heat; heat until butter melts. Add sugar, flour, salt, eggs, soda, sour cream and vanilla; mix well.
Pour into 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan. Bake 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
While cake is baking make frosting:.
Combine butter, cocoa and milk in medium saucepan; bring to boil.
Add remaining ingredients (reserving pecans for garnishing)and mix well with electric mixer.
Remove cake from oven and while hot, spread frosting over the hot sheet cake.
Sprinkle with chopped pecans.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 7238.2, Fat 322.4, SaturatedFat 199, Cholesterol 1218.5, Sodium 2788.5, Carbohydrate 1077, Fiber 21, Sugar 847.4, Protein 56.4