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Favourite Texas Sheet Cake with Cocoa Nut Frosting

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Favourite Texas Sheet Cake with Cocoa Nut Frosting recipe

 

Yield

18 servings

Prep

20 min

Cook

25 min

Ready

45 min

Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
cake
2 cups sugar
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2 cups all-purpose flour
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1 teaspoon baking soda
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1 cup margarine
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4 teaspoons cocoa powder
generous
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1 cup water
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½ cup buttermilk
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2 large eggs
beaten
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1 pinch salt
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frosting
½ cup margarine
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4 teaspoons cocoa powder
generous
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6 teaspoons buttermilk
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1 pound powdered sugar
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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1 cup nuts
chopped, or to taste
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Ingredients

Amount Measure Ingredient Features
cake
473 ml sugar
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473 ml all-purpose flour
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5 ml baking soda
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237 ml margarine
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2E+1 ml cocoa powder
generous
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237 ml water
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118 ml buttermilk
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2 each eggs
beaten
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1 pinch salt
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frosting
118 ml margarine
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2E+1 ml cocoa powder
generous
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3E+1 ml buttermilk
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453.6 g powdered sugar
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5 ml vanilla extract
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237 ml nuts
chopped, or to taste
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Directions

Cake:

In a mixing bowl, mix sugar, flour and soda together.

In a saucepan, melt margarine; stir in cocoa and water and bring to a boil. Pour hot mixture over dry ingredients; stir well.

Mix in buttermilk, eggs and salt. Pour into a greased jelly roll pan.

Bake at 400℉ (200℃). for about 15 minutes, until top springs back when touched.

Frosting:

In same saucepan used for cake, melt margarine. Stir in cocoa and buttermilk and bring to a rapid boil.

Remove from heat and stir in the sugar and vanilla; blend thoroughly. Stir in nuts.

Spread over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven. Be prepared to clean up some drips.



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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 116g (4.1 oz)
Amount per Serving
Calories 42942% from fat
 % Daily Value *
Total Fat 20g 31%
Saturated Fat 3g 16%
Trans Fat 0g
Cholesterol 24mg 8%
Sodium 253mg 11%
Total Carbohydrate 20g 20%
Dietary Fiber 1g 5%
Sugars g
Protein 8g
Vitamin A 14% Vitamin C 0%
Calcium 3% Iron 6%
* based on a 2,000 calorie diet How is this calculated?
 

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