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Texas Sheet Cake with Frosting

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Texas Sheet Cake with Frosting

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Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1 cup Water
  • 1/4 cup Cocoa
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 2 cups Flour
  • 1/8 teaspoon Salt
  • 2 Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla
  • Chopped Pecans

Frosting

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1/4 cup Cocoa
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
  • 1 pound Confectioners' sugar sifted (4 1/4 cups sifted)
  • 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla

Instructions
 

  • Cake: Combine butter, water, and cocoa in saucepan over medium heat; heat until butter melts.
  • Add sugar, flour, salt, eggs, soda, sour cream, and vanilla; mix well.
  • Pour into a 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.
  • Spread frosting over hot cake and sprinkle with chopped pecans.

Frosting

  • Combine butter, cocoa, and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
  • Add remaining ingredients and mix well with electric mixer.
  • Spread over the hot sheet cake then sprinkle with chopped pecans.

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