Texas Boiled Brownies Or Cake Food

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cake pan.
• Combine butter, water, and cocoa powder for cake in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until butter has melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
• Add melted butter mixture to the flour mixture, then add buttermilk-egg mixture and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine butter, milk, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract for the frosting in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts, then stir in powdered sugar. Spread frosting over the warm cake.

TEXAS BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a large mixing bowl, combine the flour and the sugar.
• In heavy saucepan, combine butter, shortening, coffee or water and cocoa.
• Stir and heat to boiling.
• Pour boiling mixture over the flour and sugar in te bowl.
• Add the buttermilk, eggs baking soda and vanilla.
• Mix well, using a wooden spoon or high speed on an electric mixer.
• Pour into a well buttered 17 1/2 by 11 inch jelly roll pan.
• Bake at 400F for 20 minutes or until brownies are done in the center.
• While brownies bake, prepare the frosting.
• In a saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa and milk.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat and mix in the powdered sugar and vanilla, beat until frosting is smooth.
• Pour warm frosting over brownies as soon as you take them out of the oven.
• Cool.
• Cut into 48 bars.

CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar and salt. Stir together and set aside.
• In another bowl, mix the buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla and eggs. Mix with a fork and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and add the cocoa. Whisk together to combine. Meanwhile, bring 1 cup water to a boil. When the butter is melted, pour the boiling water in the pan. Allow to bubble for a moment, then turn off the heat. Pour the chocolate mixture into the flour mixture. Stir together for a moment to cool the chocolate, then pour in the egg mixture. Stir together until smooth, then pour into an ungreased jelly roll pan (or rimmed baking sheet) and bake for 20 minutes.
• While the cake is baking, make the icing: Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add the cocoa powder and stir until smooth. Add the milk, vanilla and powdered sugar. Stir together. Dump in the pecans and stir until well combined.
• Immediately after removing the cake from the oven, pour the warm icing over the top. You'll want to avoid doing much spreading, so try to distribute it evenly as you pour.

TEXAS BOILED BROWNIES OR CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Combine flour and sugar in a large bowl using a wire whip.
• 2. In a microwave safe dish combine cocoa, butter, shortening and coffee. Stir slightly, then microwave on high 2 minutes or until just boiling (note: do not over boil.).
• 3. Pour hot mixture over dry ingredients and beat with a wire whip until smooth.
• 4. In a medium size bowl or 4 cup measuring cup, combine buttermilk, eggs, soda and vanilla. Beat into batter until smooth.
• 5. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Use (a) if you wish to make brownies or (b) if you wish to make a cake.
• (a) Grease with butter a 11"x17.5" pan. Spread batter evenly and bake 18-20 minutes. Do not over bake.
• (b) Grease and flour a 9"x13" pan. Spread batter evenly and bake 35-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean from center of cake.
• FROSTING:.
• In a medium microwave safe bowl, combine butter cocoa and milk. Microwave on high 2 minutes or until boiling at the edge of the bowl. Add confectioners sugar slowly in batches, then add vanilla extract. Beat until smooth.
• Cool brownies/cake about 20 minutes then frost.

TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the butter, water and cocoa to a boil. Remove from the heat. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; add to cocoa mixture. Stir in the sour cream until smooth. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean., In a small saucepan, melt butter; add milk and cocoa. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour over warm cake. Cool completely on a wire rack.

TEXAS SHEET CAKE V

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15 inch pan.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Beat in the sour cream and eggs. Set aside. Melt the butter on low in a saucepan, add the water and 5 tablespoons cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil then remove from heat. Allow to cool slightly, then stir cocoa mixture into the egg mixture, mixing until blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• For the icing: In a large saucepan, combine the milk, 5 tablespoons cocoa and 1/2 cup butter. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, then fold in the nuts, mixing until blended. Spread frosting over warm cake.

FROSTED TEXAS BROWNIES

Steps:

• Brownie: Preheat oven to 400°; grease an 11" x 17" jelly roll pan.
• Mix sugar and flour in a bowl; in a saucepan bring to boil the butter, shortening, water, cocoa and salt; pour cocoa mixture over flour mixture and stir until combined.
• Beat in buttermilk, baking soda, eggs and vanilla; pour into baking pan and bake for 15 minutes, until center is barely set; DO NOT OVERBAKE; the center of the brownie will be slightly puffed but, if not overbaked, will fall when cool.
• Frosting: Prepare the frosting while the brownie bakes; in same saucepan, bring to boil the butter, milk and cocoa; remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar and vanilla; stir until smooth.
• Pour and spread over the brownie immediately after removing it from the oven; cool and refrigerate.

FROSTED BROWNIES OR TEXAS BROWNIES

Steps:

• In a large bowl combine flour and sugar.
• In a large saucepan combine butter, shortening, cocoa, and coffee.
• Mix well and heat to boiling.
• Pour into the flour and sugar; mix well.
• Add the buttermilk, baking soda, eggs, and vanilla.
• Mix well.
• Pour into a well-greased 11x17 1/2 cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes or till done.
• While brownies bake make the frosting.
• In a large saucepan combine the butter, cocoa, and milk; heat to boiling and mix well.
• Mix in the confectioners sugar and vanilla and mix till smooth.
• Pour warm frosting over the brownies as soon as you take them out of the oven.
• Cool; cut into 48 bars.