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Texas Sheet Cake is a soft homemade chocolate cake made in a large baking sheet topped with warm fudge like pecan frosting.
This sweet frosted chocolate cake tastes best with an ice cold glass of milk! Make it for a decadent after-dinner dessert or bring it to a potluck. Everyone will love it!
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- Why this recipe works:
- Needed ingredients:
- Cooking tips:
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- Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
Why this recipe works:
Texas Sheet Cakeis basically a combination of a light and fluffy chocolate cake and my super popular Five Minute Fudge. That’s right. That frosting on top is unlike any buttercream or cream cheese or brown butter frosting you’ve ever had.
I had never made a sheet cake before because I didn’t have a 10×15 baking dish. I finally got myself one, so you’d better believe this ain’t the last sheet cake recipe you’ll be seeing from me.
- Sheet cakes are very portable. As opposed to a tall layered cake, sheet cakes like this one are composed of a single layer of cake. No need to take it out of the pan. Just serve right from the dish. And if you have a baking pan that comes with a lid like mine does, it’s super easy to take to a potluck!
- They are sort of fool proof… if you have the right recipe. With all things, there is good and bad information out there. This Texas Sheet Cake recipe is tried and true. Plus, because this cake is big and flat, it cooks evenly all the way through. You’re less likely to pull the cake out of the oven and have it sink in the middle.
- They’re easy to frost! No crumb layer to deal with. No fancy decorations. Just make the frosting and spread it on top. Easy!
Needed ingredients:
- For the cake: unsalted butter, water, cocoa powder, sour cream, large eggs, all-purpose flour, sugar, baking soda, salt
- For the frosting: whole milk, cocoa powder, powdered sugar, pure vanilla extract, and chopped pecans
Cooking tips:
The secret to the best Texas Sheet Cakelies in how you frost it.
You see, with just about every cake I’ve ever made, you have to let the cake fully cool before applying the frosting.
Not with this mouthwatering chocolate cake.
Because the frosting is so fudgelike, you must apply it to the cake when both the frosting and the cake are hot, otherwise you won’t be able to get it to spread.
In all reality, as long as you time your cooking process accordingly, it’s the easiest method possible! No waiting for the darn cake to cool!
Love homemade cake recipes? You’ll definitely want to try these:
- Pound Cake
- Flourless Chocolate Cake
- Angel Food Cake Recipe
- Best Hummingbird Cake
- The Best Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Lemon Cupcakes from scratch
- Incredibly Moist Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
This cake tastes great on it’s own, but it you can always serve it with some homemade vanilla ice cream or strawberry ice cream on the side!
Texas Sheet Cake
Prep20 minutes mins
Cook25 minutes mins
Total45 minutes mins
Servings 15 servings
Author Krissy Allori
Texas Sheet Cake is a soft homemade chocolate cake made in a large baking sheet topped with warm fudge like pecan frosting.
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Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup unsalted butter 2 sticks, room temperature
- 1 cup water
- 5 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
Frosting:
- 6 tbsp whole milk
- 5 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter 1 stick
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup pecans chopped
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10×15 inch pan. Alternatively, line a 10×15 pan with parchment paper.
Melt the butter on low in a saucepan, add the water and 5 tablespoons cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil then remove from heat. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream and eggs.
Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat in the sour cream and egg mixture. Once the cocoa powder mixture is cool enough to touch, beat it into the four mixture on low speed. Scrape sides and beat just until fully mixed.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 22-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
About half way through the cooking process, make the frosting.
To make the frosting,combine milk, additional 5 tablespoons cocoa powder, andadditional 1/2 cup butter. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Stir in the confectioners’ sugar and vanilla, then fold in the nuts, mixing until blended. Spread frosting over warm cake.
Nutrition
Calories: 533kcal, Carbohydrates: 74g, Protein: 4g, Fat: 26g, Saturated Fat: 13g, Cholesterol: 78mg, Sodium: 184mg, Potassium: 131mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 58g, Vitamin A: 665IU, Vitamin C: 0.2mg, Calcium: 36mg, Iron: 1.6mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This recipe was originally posted May 2018 and was updated on May 2019.
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