Texas-Style Sheet Cake

By LisaMK

This recipe is from a San Antonio newspaper. It reminds of the sheet cake I had when I was growing up. It was the best! Great for a crowd.

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2 sticks unsalted butter
• 1 cup water
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tbs vinegar
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• Reduced-fat Icing:
• 3 tbs butter
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 4 - 6 tbs milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted

Details

Servings 24
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 60mins

Preparation

Step 1

Cake:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Combine butter, water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Let cool. Combine the baking soda and vinegar, and add to mixture. Add sugar, flour, salt, eggs, buttermilk and vanilla and mix well. Pour mixture into a greased 10 by 15 inch sheet pan. Bake about 20 - 30 minutes, until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Remove cake from oven. Prepare icing and spread while hot on hot cake.
Icing:
Combine butter, cocoa and milk in small saucepan. Bring ingredients to a boil, then sift sugar into the pan and mix well. Add vanilla. Spread on cake.