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Despertly need recipe for Dallas Sheet cake from Great American Recipe Card Collection from 1989. Does anyone have it, please?

http://www.dallasnews.com/lifestyles/food-wine/recipes/20110201-texas-sheet-cake.ece

Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

2 sticks butter

4 tablespoons cocoa

1 cup water

2 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon vanilla

Freshly made chocolate icing (still warm; recipe follows)

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a jellyroll pan measuring about 10x15 inches.

Sift the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt together in a large mixing bowl.

In a medium, heavy saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Stir in cocoa and water and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add to the dry ingredients. Mix well. Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla and beat for 1 minute. Pour into prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.

Remove cake from oven and spread with the chocolate icing while both the cake and the icing are still warm or hot. Makes 12 generous servings.

Chocolate icing: While the cake is baking, heat 1 stick of butter, 4 tablespoons cocoa and 6 tablespoons of buttermilk in a saucepan. Stir to combine and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and combine with one box (33/4 cups) of sifted powdered sugar, beating until smooth. Stir in 1 cup chopped pecans. Use icing before it cools, so that it will distribute evenly without tearing the surface of the cake.

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Texas Sheet Cake

Versatile Texas Sheet Cake can either be fancy or family-style. Try using coffee in place of the water, for a mocha flavor, or peppermint extract in place of the vanilla. Or dress it up with fresh fruit and whipped cream, or bottled caramel sauce.
This cake is easy to transport to a party.

Adapted from Bits 'O Brickle Toffee Bits; More Tastes & Tales from Texas

Cake this wonderful has to be from Texas, right?

Ingredients

1/4 cup cocoa
1 cup margarine
1 cup water
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
2 beaten eggs
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting (recipe follows)

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 F. Grease and flour a 10x15x1-inch pan.

In a medium saucepan, bring cocoa, margarine and water to a boil, stirring constantly, over medium heat.

In a large bowl, stir together the sugar and flour. Pour the cocoa mixture over and blend well. Add the eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Spread evenly in the prepared pan and bake for 20 minutes. Prepare the frosting.

When the cake is done, immediately pour the frosting over it and spread evenly.

Makes 20 servings.

Frosting: In a medium saucepan, bring to a boil 1/2 cup margarine, 1/4 cup cocoa and 6 tablespoons milk. Add 1 pound powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 1 cup chopped pecans.

Nutritional Facts Per Serving

Calories: 395, Total fat: 19g, Calories from Fat: 43%, Sodium: 204mg, Cholesterol: 19mg, Fiber: 1g, Carbohydrate: 54g, Protein: 3g, Saturated Fat: 3g

Adapted from Bits 'O Brickle Toffee Bits; More Tastes & Tales from Texas

Published in The Dallas Morning News on 2006-10-01

This recipe for Texas Sheet Cake was prepared by Amy Kushnir of My Texas Today on News 8 Daybreak Saturday, May 26.

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Cake ingredients
•2 cups sugar
•2 cups flour
•1/4 cup cocoa
•1 tsp. baking soda
•1 tsp. ground cinnamon
•1/2 cup butter - (1 stick) melted
•1/2 cup buttermilk
•1/2 cup vegetable oil
•1 cup water
•2 eggs, lightly beaten
•1 tsp. vanilla extract

Cake directions
1.In a large bowl, sift sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda and cinnamon and set aside.
2.In a medium bowl, mix melted butter, buttermilk, vegetable oil, water, beaten eggs and vanilla. Add the wet mixture to the dry mixture and stir well.
3.Pour into a greased 9 x 13 baking dish and place in oven at 400 degrees for 25 - 30 min. (Check on it at 25 min. If center still jiggles, bake another 5 min.) Toothpick should come out clean when done.
4.While cake is baking, make frosting.

Frosting ingredients

•1/4 cup plus 2 Tbs. milk
•1/4 cup cocoa
•1/2 cup butter
•1 lb. powdered sugar - (4 cups)
•1 tsp. vanilla extract
•1 cup chopped pecans

Frosting directions
1.In a small pan, mix milk and cocoa, stirring well until completely blended with no heat.
2.Turn heat on to medium-low and add butter.
3.Stir until butter is thoroughly melted.
4.Pour mixture into a medium-sized mixing bowl and add sifted powdered sugar, vanilla and pecans. Mix well.
5.Once cake is done, pour frosting immediately over hot cake and let sit for a while (at least 1 hour) before serving.