Blonde Texas Sheet Cake

FloridaGrl's Note:

I got this out of Southern Living--it sounds really good! The recipe for the icing will follow.

• Total Time: 30 mins
• Prep Time: 0 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 cake

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package white cake mix
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1/3 cup butter, melted
• 4 egg whites
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Caramel Pecan Frosting

• 1 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon almond extract

Directions:

1. Beat together the first 5 ingredients at low speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until blended. Pour batter into a greased 15x10 inch jelly roll pan.
2. Bake at 350°F for 15-20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 2 hours. Make Caramel Pecan frosting and pour immediately over cooled cake in pan, and spread quickly to cover cake.
3. FROSTING:.
4. Place chopped pecans in a single layer in a shallow pan. Bake at 350°F for 6 minutes or until lightly toasted.
5. Bring butter and brown sugar to a boil in a 3 1/2 quart saucepan over medium heat, whisking constantly (about 2 minutes). Remove from heat and slowly whisk in buttermilk.
6. Return mixture to heat, and bring to a boil. Pour into bowl of a heavy duty electric stand mixer. Gradually add powdered sugar, vanilla extract and almond extracts,beating at medium-high speed until smooth(about 1 minute). Stir in pecans. Use immediately.

Reviews

[GinaCucina]

excellent!! Made some amendments to the cake so my review mainly reflects the frosting recipe. The buttermilk gives the frosting just enough "twang" to keep it from being too sweet. I made this for a large bbq and got rave reviews. I even had a bit the next day and I think it was even better!

[Boomerang Longhorn]

This may be my favorite cake of all time. A woman at work brought it to the office, and I was hooked. Now I request as my birthday cake every year. The frosting reminds me of a praline. Yum!

[Lil Sis]

Wow this is really delicious and pretty simple to make too. I used a 9x13 pan so had to bake longer. Also used more powdered sugar in the frosting to get it a little thicker. This I will be making again!! Thank you for this yummy treat!