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  • Texas Sheet Cake Recipe

    Texas Sheet Cake Recipe

    I have made this Texas sheet cake recipe for years. My children always chose it for their birthday cake over any other, and it makes enough for a crowd. Moist and delicious. Very easy to make. Enjoy!

    Nutrition Facts (per serving)

    256Calories
    13gFat
    36gCarbs
    2gProtein

    Ingredients

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    Original recipe (1X) yields 32 servings

    Cake:

    • 2 cups all-purpose flour
    • 2 cups white sugar
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • ½ cup sour cream
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 cup butter
    • 1 cup water
    • 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

    Icing:

    • 6 tablespoons milk
    • 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    • ½ cup butter
    • 4 cups confectioners’ sugar
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 1 cup chopped walnuts (Optional)

    Directions

    1. Gather all ingredients.Ingredients to make Texas sheet cakeDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    2. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan.A greased blue jelly roll panDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    3. Make cake: Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl. Beat in sour cream and eggs.A bowl of flour, sugar, baking soda, eggs, and sour cream being mixed together with a hand mixerDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    4. Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in water and cocoa powder. Bring mixture to a boil then remove from the heat.A small pot with melted butter, water, and cocoa powder being whisked togetherDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    5. Allow to cool slightly, then stir cocoa mixture into the flour and egg mixture until blended. Pour batter into the prepared pan.A large glass bowl of Texas sheet cake batter with a hand mixerDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. While the cake is baking, make icing: Combine milk, cocoa powder, and butter in a large saucepan over medium heat.A small pot of chocolate icing with a whiskDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    7. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Stir in confectioners’ sugar and vanilla, then fold in walnuts, mixing until blended.A small pot of chocolate icing with a whiskDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    8. Spread icing over warm cake.A Texas sheet cake in a blue jelly roll pan, on a wire cooling rackDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    9. Serve and enjoy!A plated slice of Texas sheet cake topped with walnuts

  • Easy Microwave Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe

    Easy Microwave Chocolate Mug Cake Recipe

    This chocolate mug cake is made in the microwave for a fudgy, chocolaty treat that is truly decadent. It’s a great recipe for nights when I need a yummy dessert that’s ready in less than 10 minutes! Add a few chocolate chips to make it extra rich and gooey.

    Nutrition Facts (per serving)

    603Calories
    30gFat
    82gCarbs
    7gProtein

    Ingredients

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    Original recipe (1X) yields 1 servings

    • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
    • ¼ cup white sugar
    • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
    • ⅛ teaspoon baking soda
    • ⅛ teaspoon salt
    • 3 tablespoons milk
    • 2 tablespoons canola oil
    • 1 tablespoon water
    • ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract

    Directions

    1. Gather all ingredients.ingredients gathered to make microwave chocolate mug cakeDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    2. Mix flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large microwave-safe mug; stir in milk, canola oil, water, and vanilla extract.ingredients combined in a mug Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
    3. Cook in the microwave until cake is done in the middle, about 1 minute 45 seconds.cooked in the microwave until the cake is cookedDotdash Meredith Food Studios
    4. Enjoy!close up on a chocolate mug cake with a spoonful coming out

  • Chocolate Cake Recipe

    Chocolate Cake Recipe

    This homemade chocolate cake recipe is super easy to prepare in one bowl for a deliciously moist and fluffy chocolate cake. This is the best chocolate cake I have ever had! Frost with your favorite frosting.

    Nutrition Facts (per serving)

    160Calories
    5gFat
    26gCarbs
    2gProtein

    Ingredients

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    Original recipe (1X) yields 24 servings

    • 2 cups white sugar
    • 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
    • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
    • 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 2 large eggs
    • 1 cup milk
    • ½ cup vegetable oil
    • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    • 1 cup boiling water

    Directions

    1. Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.All ingredients gathered to make one bowl chocolate cake.Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
    2. Stir sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together in a large bowl.Dry ingredients mixed together.Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
    3. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; mix for 2 minutes on medium speed with an electric mixer.Eggs, milk, vanilla and oil added to dry ingredients and mixed together. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
    4. Stir in the boiling water. The batter will be thin.Boiling water added to mixture to thin out.Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
    5. Pour evenly into the prepared pans.a top down view of chocolate cake batter poured evenly into two round pans. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
    6. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.Cakes finished baking and resting on a wire rack.Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
    7. Enjoy!A slice of chocolate cake seen from the back, with fudge frosting piped along the top and bottom edges