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Texas sheet cake

Texas' thin chocolate buttermilk sheet cake with warm pecan-fudge icing poured on top.

Time
45min
Steps
5
Texas sheet cake, photographed from above

Ingredients

24 servings

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Contains milk, egg, wheat and tree nuts.

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    You'll need: Oven, Rimmed sheet pan.

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    Method

    1. 1

      Boil 230 g butter, 20 g cocoa and the water; pour over flour and sugar.

    2. 2

      Add buttermilk, eggs, soda, cinnamon, salt and vanilla.

    3. 3

      Bake in a sheet pan at 180°C (350°F) for 20 minutes.

    4. 4

      Boil the remaining butter and cocoa with the milk; whisk in powdered sugar, vanilla and pecans.

    5. 5

      Pour warm icing over the warm cake.

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