The Best Ever Texas Sheet Cake
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| Serves | 32 |
This recipe for The Best Ever Texas Sheet Cake seriously is the BEST EVER! So incredibly moist and chocolatey, it will lave you forever craving more!
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup unsalted butter (melted)
- 1 cup water (boiling)
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 cups all purpose flour
Frosting
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup milk
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Directions
| Cake | |
| Step 1 | |
| Preheat oven to 350 In a large bowl stir together melted butter, boiling water and cocoa until smooth. Mix in sugar, eggs, and sour cream until well blended. Add in baking soda and flour and carefully stir until smooth. Pour batter into a greased jelly roll pan (13x18"). Bake 18-20 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. | |
| Step 2 | |
| Make the frosting while the cake bakes. In a medium sauce pan melt the butter with the milk and cocoa powder. Stir to combine and bring to a boil. Once it boils turn off the heat and stir in the powdered sugar until well incorporated. Pour evenly over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. | |
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PAULENE says
Hi Stephanie,
Just wondering if I can use a 10 1/2 ” x 15 1/2 ” jelly roll pan instead? And will the baking time just the same?
Thank you.
Stephanie Brubaker says
Hi Pauline, If the sides of your pan are at least 1 1/2″-2″ tall then you would be just fine baking in the smaller pan. You may need to add a few minutes of cooking time though. Enjoy!
Maria ray says
Is unsalted butter necessary?
Stephanie says
You can use salted if that’s what you like to use. I always use unsalted so I have control over the salt content in the recipe. Hope you enjoy the cake – we love this one!! 🙂
Mel says
Everyone loved it thanx … this is now on my recipe list
Stephanie says
Yippee! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Nancy j says
Next time add 1 tsp cinnamon to the batter….makes all the difference!
Sisco says
Hope this is not a silly question, but, do you wait until the boiling water mixture cools off before adding the eggs? Thanks!
Stephanie says
Not a silly question at all! You do not have to wait for the mixture to cool. Enjoy!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says
Love it! Stumbling!
Angela says
Texas sheet cake is THE best! There’s always one brought after a funeral, the perfect comfort food.
Julianne @ Beyond Frosting says
I need a slice of this right now!
Susan says
I love the simplicity of texas sheet cakes mostly because I hate decorating layer cakes. One layer, enough to feed a crowd and boom you’re done!
Meg says
Just finished frosting this! Oh. My. Glob. It’s amazing! I didn’t have a jelly roll pan so I used a regular 9×13 Pyrex and added 5 minutes to the time. Turned out perfect! I also used vanilla almond milk instead of milk. It’s seriously the best cake ever and soooooooo easy.
Stephanie says
That’s awesome, Meg! I’m so glad you love it like we do 🙂 Thanks so much for letting me know 🙂
Angie says
That sheet cake looks incredible!
Stephanie says
Thank you, Angie!
Betsy | JavaCupcake.com says
Any cake that’s made with sour cream is a winner in my book!
Stephanie says
Yes! Makes cakes so moist 🙂
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction says
And now I want chocolate cake for breakfast! This looks so good!
Stephanie says
Haha, I ALWAYS want chocolate for breakfast 🙂
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
I’d like to drink that frosting please. 🙂
Stephanie says
Ugh, it’s so good!
Laura @ Lauras Baking Talent says
Love sheet cake…the perfect solution for a chocolate craving!
Stephanie says
Yes, and I always have a chocolate craving 😉
ATL Brotha says
Come to ATL next time you have a chocolate craving and I can help you with that. 😉