Texas Sheet Cake

Name: Texas Sheet Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups all-purpose flour; 2 cups sugar; ½ tsp salt; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 cup butter; 1 cup water; 4 tbsp cocoa powder; ½ cup buttermilk; 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla; FROSTING: ½ cup butter, 4 tbsp cocoa, 6 tbsp milk, 4 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup pecans

A giant chocolate sheet cake, poured with a warm fudgy pecan frosting while still hot straight from the oven.

Total time

40 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

25 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfort

Ingredients

2 cupsall-purpose flour

2 cupssugar

½ tspsalt

1 tspbaking soda

1 cupbutter

1 cupwater

4 tbspcocoa powder

½ cupbuttermilk

2eggs

1 tspvanilla

FROSTING: ½ cup butter, 4 tbsp cocoa, 6 tbsp milk, 4 cups powdered sugar, 1 cup pecans

Instructions

Bring butter, water, cocoa to boil; pour over flour, sugar, salt, baking soda.

Beat in buttermilk, eggs, vanilla.

Bake in greased sheet pan at 350°F for 20 min.

Make frosting: boil butter, cocoa, milk; beat in powdered sugar and pecans.

Pour hot frosting over hot cake; spread.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

1104

Protein

13.5g

Fat

50.5g

Carbs

155.9g

Fiber

4.4g

Sodium

923mg

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