Texas Buttermilk Sheet Cake Annettes Food

TEXAS BUTTERMILK SHEET CAKE-ANNETTE'S

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 15X10X1-inch jelly roll pan; set aside. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• 2. In a medium saucepan combine 1 cup butter, 1/3 cup cocoa, and 1 cup of water. Bring mixture to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat. With an electric hand-held mixer on medium speed, beat chocolate mixture into the dry mixture until thoroughly blended. Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat for 1 minute (batter will be thin). Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• 3. Bake in a 350° oven about 25 minutes or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
• 4. Pour warm chocolate frosting over the warm cake, spreading evenly. Place cake in pan on a wire rack; cool thoroughly before cutting.
• 5. ***Frosting***In a medium saucepan combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, and 7 tablespoons buttermilk. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat; add 3 1/2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Beat until smooth. If desired, stir in 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans. Enjoy!

WHITE TEXAS BUTTERMILK SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 17" x 11" baking sheet.
• In a bowl mix together the flour and sugar.
• In a saucepan, combine 1/2 cup butter, oil and water; bring to a boil, then pour over flour mixture; beat thoroughly.
• Beat in eggs, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda and buttermilk.
• Pour into prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 20 minutes or until cake tests done.
• For frosting;: Cream together 1/2 cup butter, 1 tsp vanilla and the cream cheese; beat in icing sugar, adding more, if necessary to reach the desired consistency.
• Beat until light and fluffy.
• Spread over warm cake.

TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375.
• Grease a 15x10x1 (I use a 13x9x2) baking pan and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan combine butter, water, and cocoa powder. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.
• In a large mixing bowl combine flour, sugar, soda, salt, and cinnamon. Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla. Beat with electric mixer on low to medium speed to combine. Add cocoa mixture and beat until blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in a 375 oven 20 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched. Adjust cooking time for 13x9x2 pan.
• Immediately pour hot chocolate frosting over warm cake; spread evenly. Completely cool cake in pan on wire rack. Cut into squares.
• Chocolate Frosting directions:.
• In a medium saucepan stir together butter, cocoa powder and buttermilk. Cook and stir until boiling; remove from heat. Beat in powdered sugar and vanilla with an electric mixer on low speed until blended. Stir in walnuts in desired.

TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Batter:.
• Put margarine (or butter), water and cocoa in a large pan and bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat and add the rest of the batter ingredients.
• Mix with electric mixer until smooth.
• Pour into an 11 x 16 x 1.5-inch jelly roll pan.
• Bake at 350° for 20 minutes.
• Frosting:.
• Bring margarine (or butter), cocoa, and milk to a boil.
• Remove from heat and stir in confectioners' sugar and nuts.
• Add vanilla.
• Pour on cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.

BUTTERMILK FROSTED TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Grease 15x10x1 inch baking pan; set aside.
• combine flour, sugar, baking soda and salt and set aside.
• In a medium saucepan combine butter, cocoa powder and 1 cup water.
• Bring mixture just to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat.
• Add the chocolate mixture to dry mixture and beat with an electric mixer on medium to high speed until thoroughly combined.
• Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla.
• Beat for 1 minute (batter will be thin).
• Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree oven about 25 minutes or until wooden toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake.
• Pour warm chocolate buttermilk frosting over the warm cake, spreading evenly.
• Place cake in pan on a wire rack; cool thoroughly before cutting.
• Chocolate-Buttermilk Frosting: In a medium saucepan combine butter, cocoa powder and buttermilk.
• Bring to boiling.
• Remove from heat.
• Add sifted powdered sugar and vanilla.
• Beat until smooth.
• If desired, stir in 3/4 cup coarsely chopped pecans.