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Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake

4.34 from 15 votes
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time: 55 minutes
Author: Traci Crossland
Sweet, rich, chocolate-y, nutty, and SO GOOD! This Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake is super easy to make and any chocolate lovers dream.

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup salted butter
  • ¼ cup cocoa sifted
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup buttermilk
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting

  • 16 ounces powdered sugar sifted
  • ½ cup salted butter
  • ¼ cup cocoa sifted
  • 6 Tablespoons milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup pecan halves broken

Instructions

For the Cake:

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  • Spray a 9"X13" pan with baking spray. Set aside.
  • Whisk together flour, sugar, baking powder, and baking soda in a large bowl. Set aside.
  • In a small bowl, whisk buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla together. Set aside.
  • Combine butter, cocoa, and water in a saucepan.
  • Heat over medium heat until butter is melted and mixture starts to bubble.
  • Pour chocolate mixture over flour mixture and stir together.
  • Stir in egg mixture.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 25-30 minutes, until cake tests done.

For the Frosting:

  • Sift powdered sugar into a large bowl. set aside.
  • In a saucepan, combine butter, cocoa, and milk.
  • Cook over medium low heat until butter is melted and mixture starts to bubble.
  • Pour over powdered sugar.
  • Add pecans and vanilla.
  • Mix well.
  • Spread on hot cake.

Notes

  • Right before the cake comes out of the oven, start on the frosting. The frosting needs to be applied while the cake is still hot/warm, or it won't spread!
  • The cake will be very tender so be very careful when spreading the frosting!
  • Make sure to sift the cocoa powder and the powdered sugar.
  • You may need to cover the pan with foil while baking to keep from over browning the cake.

Nutrition

Serving: 1sliceCalories: 368kcalCarbohydrates: 73gProtein: 4gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 146mgFiber: 2gSugar: 57g

Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.