Aunt Toni's Texas Sheet Cake

Submitted by BothFex

"A favorite around our house for birthday's."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Yields: 1 cake

ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups butter
• 1 cup water
• 8 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup milk, plus
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 teaspoons vanilla extract, dividied
• 1 1⁄2 cups chopped nuts (optional)
• 1 (1 lb) box powdered sugar

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350*.
2. Grease and flour a jellyroll pan.
3. For cake: in a large bowl whisk together- 2c.sugar, 2c.flour and 1/2 tsp.of salt, and 1 tsp.baking soda. Set aside.
4. In another bowl mix together- 2 eggs, 1/2c.milk, 1 Tblsp.vinegar, 1 tsp. vanilla, and, if desired, 1/2c.nuts. Set aside.
5. In a pot over medium heat melt 2 sticks of butter. Add 1c. water, 4 Tblsp. cocoa powder and mix until encorperated. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
6. To cooled butter mixture add, little by little and mixing constantly- the egg mixture.
7. Then dump all into the big bowl full of the flour mixture. Stir until JUST combined.
8. Pour into greased/floured pan and bake 25 minutes or until cake springs back when touched.
9. For icing: In a pot melt 1 stick of butter, 4 Tblsp. cocoa powder and 6 Tblsp. of milk.
10. Take off of heat and add powdered sugar, 1 Tblsp. vanilla, and, if desired, 1c. nuts. Beat until smooth. Pour over slightly warm cake. Will harden as it cools.

Reviews

[CoffeeB]

A good recipe for this tried and true cake. I had a problem with the frosting not setting up. I used two cups of powdered sugar, and so I'm supposing that wasn't enough. Next time I"ll know:-)