Title of Recipe: Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients:
2 cu sugar
2 cu sifted flour
½ tsp salt
2 cubes butter (1/2 lb)
1 cu water
4 tbsp cocoa
½ cu sour cream
2 eggs
1 tsp soda
1 box powdered sugar
¼ cu butter
vanilla
milk
Instructions:
In lg bowl put sugar, flour & salt. In small heavy pan bring butter water, cocoa to a boil. Take from heat. Add immediately to sugar/flour/salt ingredients. Add sour cream, eggs and soda to mixture, mix till well blended. Batter will be very thin. Pour into greased, floured 10 ½” x 15 ½” pan. Bake 20-25 min at 350°. Don’t overbake while warm, frost.
Special Steps:
Frosting; ¼ lb butter, 6 tbsp milk, 4 tbsp cocoa. Boil milk, butter and cocoa until bubbly. Mix in nuts, 1 box powdered sugar & 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat until smooth. Spread over warm cake.
