Texas Sheet Cake

🥘 Ingredients

Cake

  • baking soda
    1 tsp
  • butter
    1 cup
  • cocoa powder
    5 tbsp
  • eggs
    2
  • flour
    2 cups
  • granulated sugar
    2 cups
  • salt
    1/2 tsp
  • sour cream
    1/2 cup
  • water
    1 cup

Frosting

  • butter
    1/2 cup
  • cocoa powder
    5 tbsp
  • milk
    6 tbsp
  • powdered sugar
    4 cups

🍳 Cookware

  • baking pan
  • large bowl
  • small saucepan
  • large saucepan

Cake

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 10x15 inch baking pan .
  2. 2
    Combine flour , granulated sugar , baking soda and salt in a large bowl . Beat in sour cream and eggs .
    flour: 2 cups, granulated sugar: 2 cups, baking soda: 1 tsp, salt: 1/2 tsp, sour cream: 1/2 cup, eggs: 2
  3. 3
    Melt butter , water and cocoa powder in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, then remove from heat.
    butter: 1 cup, water: 1 cup, cocoa powder: 5 tbsp
  4. 4
    Allow cocoa mixture to cool slightly, then stir into egg mixture and mix until blended.
  5. 5
    Pour into prepared pan and bake for ⏱️ 20 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Frosting

  1. 1
    While the cake is baking, make the frosting: combine milk , cocoa powder and butter in a large saucepan . Bring to a boil then remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar .
    milk: 6 tbsp, cocoa powder: 5 tbsp, butter: 1/2 cup, powdered sugar: 4 cups
  2. 2
    Spread frosting over warm cake.
  3. 📝

    Sour milk can be made by adding 1 tbsp of vinegar to fresh milk and letting it sit for a few minutes.