Texas Orange Sheet Cake Food

ORANGE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray bottom of 9x13" sheet cake pan with cooking spray.
• Set aside.
• Beat first five ingredients with an electric mixer for 4 minutes.
• Pour into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• For icing, beat the powdered sugar and orange juice with a mixer until smooth.
• (Start with 3/4 cup orange juice. If you want the cake even moister/soggier than it already is, slowly increase the amount of orange juice).
• Remove cake from oven, and poke with many holes- using a chopstick or fork or skewer, etc.
• Pour the icing over the warm cake.

TEXAS ORANGE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat eggs; stir in marmalade, orange rind and mandarin segments, if you like.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with orange juice, beating after each addition.
• Turn batter into a greased and floured 11x14x1-inch or cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool in pan on rack for about 10 minutes and turn in a plate to coool completely and frost with.
• ORANGE GLAZE RECIPE that I posted here: Recipe 411994:.
• Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Add lemon and orange juices slowly and stir until smooth.
• Add remaining ingredients and cook, stirring frequently, over low heat until thick and glossy. Cool and spread on cake.
• Recipe can be doubled if you want.

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.