Texas Sheet Cake w/ Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing!
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One of the BEST cakes anyone could ever have is a Texas sheet cake.
There is just something about the richness that has me drooling just thinking about it!
With this cake I did add cream cheese to the Icing, though you are more than welcome to just leave it out, it will taste just as delicious without it, but I just LOVE the way it complimented this cake and took it right over the top, fantastic!
If you have ever made a Texas Sheet cake before you know its best not to use low-fat or fat free substitutions, yes, it WILL still turn out but it will be missing that real rich flavor that makes the cake!
The recipe
Texas Sheet Cake
- Servings0
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 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
For the Icing:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 1/2 cup cream cheese
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 box 1 pound confectioners’ sugar (sift it first to remove lumps – otherwise icing remains lumpy)
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- Chopped Pecans or Walnuts optional
Instructions
For the icing:
- In a medium saucepan combine the butter, cocoa and milk over a medium heat and bring to a boil.
- Once boiling, remove from the heat & combine with confectioners sugar and vanilla. Mix well with a hand mixer to remove all lumps.
- Finally add in the half cup of cream cheese and mix until incorporated and smooth.
- Spread over the sheet cake while the cake is warm.
- If you chose to add nuts , sprinkle them over top of the cake.
- ENJOY!
