Grandma’s Texas Sheet Cake
Nothing makes me happier than a big ole piece of Texas Sheet Cake. And this chocolate cake recipe comes from Grandma, so it has to be great.
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 stick butter
- 1/2 cup crisco
- 5 Tablespoons cocoa
- 1 cup water boiling
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chocolate chips or chopped nuts Optional
Frosting
- 1 stick butter
- 4 Tablespoons cocoa
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 pound powdered sugar
Instructions
Cake
- Combine flour, sugar and baking soda in mixing bowl.
- Melt butter, crisco and cocoa together. Combine with boiling water.
- Pour melted butter mixture into flour and sugar mixture, mix to combine.
- Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla and mix till combined.
- Pour into a greased jelly roll pan.
- Sprinkle chocolate chips or nuts on top if you are using them.
- Bake for 15 minutes on 350 degrees or until tooth pick comes out clean.
- Frost while warm.
Frosting
- Melt butter, cocoa and milk together. Add vanilla and half the milk.
- Remove from heat and mix in the powdered sugar. Add milk as needed till frosting is smooth.
- Frost warm cake.
Nutrition
Calories: 269kcalCarbohydrates: 50gProtein: 3gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 66mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 40gVitamin A: 53IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg
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