Grandma's Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake

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No meal is complete without desert, so here is a quick Texas-style cake recipe that is sure to hit the spot for any dinner guest that suffers from a bad case of sweet tooth. This dessert is super quick, easy, and fun to make. I definitely recommend this for first-time bakers and anyone else who would love to take a bite out of a delicious chocolate treat.

Ingredients

Cake:

1 cup salted butter

1 cup water

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups white sugar

½ teaspoon salt

½ cup buttermilk

2 large eggs

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Frosting:

½ cup unsalted butter

6 tablespoons milk

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cake pan.

Prepare the cake: Combine butter, water, and cocoa powder in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until butter has melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.

Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.

Add melted butter mixture to flour mixture, then add buttermilk-egg mixture and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into the prepared cake pan.

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.

While the cake bakes, make the frosting: Combine butter, milk, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts, then stir in powdered sugar.

Spread frosting over the warm cake.

Tips

Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) if you are using a dark-coated pan.