Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake
CATEGORIES
INGREDIENTS
  • 2 c sugar
  • 2 c flour
  • 1 stick butter
  • 1/2 c Crisco
  • 4 T. cocoa
  • 1 c. water
  • 1/2 c. buttermilk
  • 2 eggs, beaten slightly
  • 1 t. soda
  • 1 t. cinnamon
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • Icing:
  • 1 stick butter
  • 4 T. cocoa
  • 6 T. milk
  • 1 box powdered sugar
  • 1 t. vanilla
  • 1 c. chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS
  1. Cake:
  2. Sift together in large bowl, sugar and flour. Put in saucepan, butter, Crisco, cocoa and water. Bring mixture to a boil and pour over flour and sugar mixture and stir well. Add buttermilk, eggs, soda, cinnamon and vanilla. Mix well. Pour into greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes, watching carefully.
  3. Icing:
  4. Melt together and bring to boil, butter, cocoa and milk. Remove from heat and add powdered sugar, vanilla and pecans. Spread over hot cake.