Thursday, February 5, 2009

Texas Sheet Cake

Texas Sheet Cake

Put in a bowl:
2 c. flour
2 c. sugar
SAUCEPAN:
1/2 c water
5 tsp cocoa
1/2 c. margarine
1/2 c. crisco
bring to a boil add to flour/sugar
ADD:
2 eggs
1/2 c. buttermilk ( buttermilk = 1c. milk+1tsp vinegar)
1tsp. baking soda
1tsp. vanilla

Bake 400 for 20 min

FROSTING
1 cube butter
4 TBS milk
3 TBS Cocoa
bring to a boil and then add 3-4 c. powered sugar and 1 tsp. vanilla. 1 1/2 c. nuts opt.

This is a pretty popular recipe. My mom made this all the time and I just made it for the first time since she has been gone on Sunday. I kept telling all my sisters how good it tasted. Tricia said she didn't know if she had the recipe, so i posted it for her.