Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients

• •2 cups flour
• •2 cups sugar
• 🧂¼ tsp salt
• 🧂1 cup unsalted butter
• •4 tbsp cocoa powder
• 🫒1 cup boiling water
• 🧈½ cup buttermilk
• 🥚2 eggs
• •1 tsp baking soda
• •1 tsp vanilla extract
• 🧂14 tbsp unsalted butter
• •4 tbsp cocoa powder
• •6 tbsp milk
• •1 tsp vanilla extract
• •3½ cups powdered sugar
• •1 cup chopped pecans

Instructions

1. 1Lightly grease an 18×13-inch baking sheet with butter and set it aside. Preheat your oven to 350°F.
2. 2In a large mixing bowl, combine your flour, sugar, and salt.
3. 3In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, melt your unsalted butter. Add your cocoa powder and whisk together.
4. 4Add boiling water and whisk it into the mixture.
5. 5In another small bowl, combine your buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla then whisk together. Stir buttermilk mixture into chocolate mixture and whisk together. Mix with dry ingredients (flour, sugar, and salt).
6. 6Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350°F for 20 minutes. Remove from the oven. Poke holes with a fork.
7. 7While the cake is in the oven, start your frosting by melting the unsalted butter in a large saucepan over medium-low heat. Add in cocoa and whisk together. Turn off the heat. Add in milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar (sift it in while whisking instead of just dumping all of it in at once). Mix well, making sure there are no lumps. fold in pecans.
8. 8Pour your frosting over your cake and let cool for about 10 to 15 minutes!