Pretty much that was an oddly fancy way to say this cake is freaking awesome. I made it in the form of cookies in my Texas Sheet Cake Cookies (hint the similarity in name). It is a classic chocolate sheet cake with a chocolate glaze on top that hardens and becomes dimply delectable. Because it's a sheet cake, it's really easy to make, so I suggest grabbing your ingredients now to make your life complete!
Also, if you're wondering or slightly confused, I halved the recipe and made it in a 9 by 9 inch pan because I was making it for a smaller party, but next time, I'm just going to go all out, because this cake was delicious!
Texas Sheet Cake
Cake:
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 cups flour
- ½ tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1½ cup whole milk
- 1 Tbsp. white vinegar
- 2 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup butter
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
Icing:
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ¼ cup milk + 2-3 Tbsp.
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla
Make the cake: Preheat oven to 400° F. Spray or grease a 9"x13" baking pan. In a large bowl whisk together sugar, flour, salt and baking soda. Set aside. In another bowl whisk eggs, milk, vinegar and vanilla together. Set aside. In a saucepan or in a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter and cocoa powder together, stirring until completely melted and smooth. Remove from heat and pour into flour mixture, and then add the other liquid ingredients. Stir together until smooth and there are no more lumps.
Pour into prepared pan and bake for 15-20 minutes until center of cake is set. Prepare icing when cake is almost ready.
Make the icing: Melt butter, cocoa powder and milk together over medium heat. Bring just to a boil and remove from heat. Whisk in powered sugar and vanilla until there are no lumps. Add more milk little by little if needed until the icing is pourable. Pour icing over hot cake in pan. Allow cake to cool before slicing.