Texas Sheet Cake
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Recipe type: Cake
 
Texas Sheet Cake is an easy way to serve a crowd!
Ingredients
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • ¼ tsp Salt
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 4 TBS Cocoa Powder
  • 1 cup Boiling Water
  • ½ cup Buttermilk or ½ cup Milk + 1 tsp Vinegar
  • 2 Eggs, beaten
  • 1 tsp Baking Soda
  • 1 tsp Vanilla
  • Frosting:
  • ½ cup Butter, softened
  • 1 cup Peanut Butter
  • 3 TBS Milk
  • 2 cups Powdered Sugar
Instructions
  1. Preheat Oven to 350.
  2. Spray a 15x10 sheet cake pan with nonstick spray.
  3. Combine flour, sugar, and salt in a large bowl.
  4. Melt butter over low heat in a medium pan.
  5. Whisk Cocoa powder into butter until blended
  6. Add boiling water and raise heat to medium high.
  7. Bring to a boil, then turn off the heat.
  8. Add mixture to flour mixture, and stir lightly until well distributed.
  9. If you don't have buttermilk combine ½ cup milk with vinegar and allow to sit for 5 minutes
  10. Whisk together buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla.
  11. Add to chocolate mixture and stir briefly to mix.
  12. Pour into prepared pan.
  13. Bake 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
  14. Allow to cool for at least an hour.
  15. Cream together the butter and peanut butter.
  16. Slowly add the sugar. If it gets too thick add a little milk to thin.
  17. Continue until all of the sugar is mixed in.
  18. Spread frosting over the top of the cake
Recipe by A Day in Motherhood at https://www.adayinmotherhood.com/texas-sheet-cake/