How To Make An Easy Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake: Step By Step Instructions With Photos

This chocolate Texas Sheet Cake is SO easy to make. You just mix all the ingredients for the Cake in one saucepan, and turn it out into a baking pan.

After it has baked, the frosting is made in one saucepan and poured out onto the baked cake.

The pan I use has a nice fitting top so that I can take the cake to family gatherings, picnics, etc.

This cake is always a favorite, and everyone wants the recipe!

I don't know where this recipe orginated, Texas maybe????

Whenever I am cooking anything, I like to get all my ingredients ready. I measure everything out, and as I use an item, I set it aside. That let's me know I have included that ingredient in my recipe.

2 sticks Butter

4 tablespoons Cocoa

1 Cup Water

Place these three ingredients in large saucepan. Bring to a Boil.

Stir the three ingredients until they begin to boil.

As soon as the mixture has started to boil, remove from heat and add all at once:

2 Cups Granulated Sugar

2 Cups sifted Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Soda Yes, that is soda I keep in an empty Baking Power container. I find it more convenient than the soda box.

2 Eggs

1/2 Cup Sour Cream

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Using a small portable mixer, mix all of the ingredients very well. You don't want any lumps!

The pan I use measures: 15 1/2 in X 10 1/2 in X 1 1/8 In.

A Lasanga Pan is ideal for this Cake, too

Spray the pan well with Pam

After you have mixed the cake batter well, pour it out into the sprayed pan.

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.

Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.

Set the cake aside to allow it to cool completely.

Now, you're ready to make the Frosting!

The ingredients for the Frosting:

1 stick of Butter

4 tablespoons of Cocoa

1/2 Cup of Milk

1 box of Confectioner's Sugar

Bring to Boil:

1 stick of Butter

4 tablespoons of Cocoa

1/2 Cup of Milk

After the frosting mixture has reach a boil:

Remove from heat, Add:

1 box of Confectioner's Sugar

1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

Using a portable mixer , mix well until the mixture is nice and smooth; NO LUMPS

You can leave the cake plain, with just the chocolate frosting, but I have found that some people like nuts. I put chopped pecans on half of the cake, and leave the other half plain.