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Grandma's Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake:

1 cup salted butter
1 cup water
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
½ teaspoon salt
½ cup buttermilk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting:

½ cup unsalted butter
6 tablespoons milk
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups confectioners' sugar
Directions:
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). (Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) if you use a dark-coated pan.) Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cake pan.

Prepare the cake: Combine butter, water, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until the butter has melted and the mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.

Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.

Add melted butter mixture to flour mixture, then add buttermilk-egg mixture and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into the prepared cake pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove the cake from the oven and cool it on a wire rack for 5 minutes.

While the cake bakes, make the frosting: Combine butter, milk, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts, then stir in powdered sugar.

Spread frosting over the warm cake.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Recipe by Bekah Miller. You can add chopped toasted pecans to the frosting or sprinkle them on top of the frosted cake.

 

 

 

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