Texas Sheet Cake
also called Texas chocolate sheet cake · chocolate sheet cake · sheet cake
- Bakery
- Meat and Three
- serves 24
- about 45 min
- Cakes & Loaves
Three ways to read this recipe
The table
| Grease a 13x18-in sheet pan | |||||
| Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) | |||||
| 1 cup(225 g)unsalted butter | boil | whisk | whisk | bake at 350°F for 20 min | pour |
| 1 cup(240 mL)water | |||||
| 1/4 cup(25 g)unsweetened cocoa powder | |||||
| 2 cups(250 g)all-purpose flour | |||||
| 2 cups(400 g)granulated sugar | |||||
| 1 tsp(6 g)baking soda | |||||
| 1/2 tsp(3 g)table salt | |||||
| 2 largeeggs | |||||
| 1/2 cup(120 mL)buttermilk | |||||
| 1 tsp(5 mL)vanilla extract | |||||
| 1/2 cup(115 g; melted)salted butter | whisk, then stir in the pecans | ||||
| 3 Tbs(18 g)unsweetened cocoa powder | |||||
| 1/4 cup(60 mL)whole milk | |||||
| 3 cups(340 g)powdered sugar | |||||
| 1 cup(110 g; toasted)chopped pecans | |||||
What to lay out
Everything the recipe asks for, sitting under the step that eats it. Tick each one as you measure it.19 things to get out.
Pans and tools
Before anything else
3boil
4whisk
goes in with what step 3 made
5whisk
goes in with what step 4 made
7whisk, then stir in the pecans
Cooking it
Tap a step when it is done; the next one lights up.
The clock
- Start to finish
- at least 20 mintwo waits that overlap count once
- Needs you
- none givenof the steps that give a time
5 of the 6 steps never say how long they take, so both numbers are floors. The recipe itself says 45 min.
boil
not timedfrom the start
whisk, then stir in the pecans
not timedfrom the start
whisk
not timedfrom the start
whisk
not timedfrom the start
bake at 350°F for 20 min
20 minwalk away(read off the step)from the start
pour
not timed20 min in
- you can walk away
- never timed
The minutes are always the recipe’s own; a dashed edge means we worked out from the step whether you have to be there, and a dotted one means nothing was said, so we assumed you are standing over it.
You'll need 13x18-in sheet pan · oven
See how it is written
>> title: Texas Sheet Cake
>> category: Cakes & Loaves
>> tags: chocolate, sheet cake, buttermilk, oven
>> counters: Bakery, Meat and Three
>> aka: Texas chocolate sheet cake, chocolate sheet cake, sheet cake
>> servings: 24
>> time: 45 min
>> step.7: whisk, then stir in the pecans
Grease a #13x18-in sheet pan{}.
Preheat the #oven{} to 350°F (175°C).
Boil @unsalted butter{1%cup}(225 g), @water{1%cup}(240 mL), @unsweetened cocoa powder{1/4%cup}(25 g).
Whisk @all-purpose flour{2%cup}(250 g), @granulated sugar{2%cup}(400 g), @baking soda{1%tsp}(6 g), @table salt{1/2%tsp}(3 g) into @&(~1)cocoa mixture{}.
Whisk @eggs{2%large}, @buttermilk{1/2%cup}(120 mL), @vanilla extract{1%tsp}(5 mL) into @&(~1)batter{}.
Bake @&(~1)batter{} at 350°F for ~{20%min}.
Whisk @salted butter{1/2%cup}(115 g; melted), @unsweetened cocoa powder{3%Tbs}(18 g), @whole milk{1/4%cup}(60 mL), @powdered sugar{3%cup}(340 g), then stir in @chopped pecans{1%cup}(110 g; toasted).
Pour @&(~1)icing{} over @&(6)warm cake{}.