Recipe for Texas Sheet Cake (Aunt Cheryl's)

Recipe for Texas Sheet Cake (Aunt Cheryl's)

Ingredients:

  • Cake:
  • 2 sticks margarine
  • 1 cup cold water
  • 4 tbsp cocoa
  • 2 cups sifted flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup sour cream
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • Icing:
  • 1 stick margarine
  • 4 tbsp cocoa
  • 6 tbsp milk
  • 16 oz powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped nuts
  • Directions:

    Cake:

    Boil margarine, water, cocoa; remove from heat

    Add flour, sugar, and salt

    Beat in eggs, sour cream, and baking soda

    Pour into greased shallow 12x12 or 11x13 pan

    Bake at 375 for 20 minutes

    Icing:

    Boil margarine, cocoa, and milk; remove from heat

    Add powdered sugar, vanilla, nuts

    Beat and spread onto cooled cake