Texas Sheet Cake a.k.a. Best Chocolate Cake Ever

Name: Texas Sheet Cake a.k.a. Best Chocolate Cake Ever
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 20
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cup All-Purpose Flour (2 cups all-purpose flour); 2 cup Granulated Sugar (2 cups sugar); ¼ tsp Kosher Salt (1/4 teaspoon kosher salt); 1 cup Cocoa Powder (1/2 cup cocoa powder + 1/2 cup cocoa powder); 1 ¾ cup Unsalted Butter (1 cup butter + 3/4 cup butter); 1 cup Water (1 cup boiling water); ½ cup Buttermilk (1/2 cup buttermilk or buttermilk substitute); 2 pieces Egg (2 eggs); 1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda (1 teaspoon baking soda); 2 tsp Vanilla (1 teaspoon vanilla + 1 teaspoon vanilla); 6 tbsp Whole Milk (6 tablespoons milk); 3 ¼ cup Icing Sugar (3 1/4 cups powdered sugar); ½ cup Pecans (1/2 cup OPTIONAL - finely chopped pecans or walnuts) — optional

Texas Sheet Cake a.k.a. Best Chocolate Cake Ever - Dessert (American)

30 minAmerican

Servings20

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Steps

1To Make the Cake
2Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease a half-size sheet pan and set aside. (I use and LOVE this pan.)
3In a large mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and salt. In a medium size saucepan over medium high heat, melt butter and then add the cocoa. Whisk to combine.
4Add boiling water to the saucepan and allow the mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then remove from the heat. Pour the chocolate mixture over the flour mixture, and stir to combine.
5In a small bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, beaten eggs, vanilla and baking soda. Stir this mixture into the first mixture. Pour into your sheet cake pan (or the pan of your preference) and bake for 20 minutes.
6To Make the Frosting
7While the cake is baking, make the icing. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium high heat. Add cocoa and whisk to combine, then remove from heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Whisk to combine. Add the pecans, if desired and stir to combine. Pour the frosting over the warm cake. Enjoy!