Family get-together? Grab this Texas Sheet Cake recipe and make them smile.
Moist and so chocolatey; they will rave. I have many more homemade cake recipes for you to try at the bottom of the page.
Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
EASY TEXAS CHOCOLATE CAKE (Sheet Cake Style)
1 cup homemade unsalted butter
1 cup water
3/4 cup baking cocoa
2 cups flour
2 cups white sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup sour cream
PREHEAT oven to 350 degrees and grease a 15x10x1 inch pan.
In a large saucepan, bring the butter, water and cocoa to a boil. Remove from the heat. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; stir into butter mixture. Combine the eggs and sour cream; stir into butter mixture until blended.
Pour into a prepared pan. Bake for 18-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Frost with warm icing and cool on a wire rack.
Chocolate Icing
1-1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
6 TBS homemade unsalted butter
2 TBS light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon homemade pure vanilla extract
1/4 cup chopped nuts
Mix ingredients together in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave 45 seconds, stir, microwave 45 seconds, stir. If needed, microwave in 15 second intervals, just remember to stir. Use it while it is warm.