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Granny’s Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake
Ingredients
2 C flour but not really.. more like 1 C and just a hair shy of another cup..1 C and 1 not quite level cup
2 C sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp baking soda
- 2 sticks margarine The original recipe calls for oleo. ******* You can use butter instead of margarine. 2 sticks (1 Cup)
1 C water
3 Tbsp. Cocoa
2 eggs
1/2 C buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
Frosting
1 stick margarine or 1 Stick Butter 1/2 Cup
3 Tbsp. cocoa
6 Tbsp. milk 1/4 Cup plus 2 Tbsp in dry measuring cups or 3 oz in liquid measuring cups
1 box 16 oz confectioners (powdered) sugar
1 C chopped pecans or walnuts
1 tsp. vanilla.
1/2 tsp cinnamon
Directions
- For The Cake
- Stir flour (I use a little less than 2 full cups), sugar, salt.
- In sauce pan put margarine, cocoa and water. Stir while bringing to a boil. Pour over the flour mixture.
- Stir eggs, soda, buttermilk, cinnamon and vanilla together. Add to the flour/cocoa mixture.
- Bake in greased sheet cake (10×15) pan for 18 minutes on 350.
- minutes before cake is done make the icing.
- For The Frosting
- Mix together; cocoa, margarine and milk. Heat and then add nuts, powdered sugar, cinnamon and vanilla.
- Pour over hot cake and allow to cool.