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Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
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Texas Sheet Cake

A decadent chocolate sheet cake with a chocolate glaze on top. Easy and delicious!
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time20 hours
Resting time1 hour
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cake, chocolate, glaze, sheet cake

Ingredients

For the cake:

  • 2 cups flour, sifted
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 2 sticks margarine (1 cup) can use butter if you don't have margarine
  • 1 cup water
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted

For the glaze:

  • 1/2 cup margarine
  • 6 tbsp milk
  • 4 tbsp cocoa powder, sifted
  • 4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

Cake instructions:

  • Preheat oven to 350°. Generously grease a standard jelly roll pan (looks like a cookie sheet with edges) and set aside. In a stand mixer, add your flour, sugar, salt, eggs, sour cream and baking soda. Mix on low speed and scrape the bottom to incorporate everything.
  • In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add your remaining cake ingredients. 2 sticks margarine, 1 cup water and 4 tbsp cocoa powder. Melt it down and bring to a boil. Let cool for a couple minutes. Then slowly pour into your stand mixer. Use a spatula to stir it a little before mixing. Then turn your mixer on low to fully incorporate.
  • Slowly pour your cake batter into the jelly roll pan and bake for 20 minutes. With 4 minutes left, start your glaze.

Glaze instructions:

  • In a medium saucepan, combine the margarine, milk and cocoa. Melt it down and bring to a light boil. Then remove from heat. Using a hand mixer, slowly add in your powdered sugar and mix to combine until it's smooth.
  • Remove cake from oven and immediately, but slowly, pour the glaze over the cake. Use a small spatula to evenly distribute the glaze. Let the cake cool for an hour or until glaze is set.