Aunt Toni’s Texas Sheet Cake: Party-Perfect & Irresistible! 🎉🍰
📌 Highlight the Benefits 🍴💪: Nutritious cocoa powder, nuts, and low-protein ingredients make this chocolate cake recipe healthier. 🍫
Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
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Indulge in Aunt Toni’s irresistible Texas Sheet Cake, a beloved treat perfect for any celebration. Its rich chocolatey goodness will have you coming back for more!
Ingredients for 4 people 📌:
– 🧁 sugar: 1 cup
– 🌾 flour: 1 cup
– 🧂 salt: 1/2 teaspoon
– 🧈 butter: 1/2 cup
– 💧 water: 1/4 cup
– 🍫 cocoa powder: 1/4 cup
– 🥚 eggs: 2
– 🥛 milk: 1/2 cup
– 🍶 vinegar: 1 tablespoon
– 🥄 baking soda: 1 teaspoon
– 🌿 vanilla extract: 1 teaspoon
– 🥜 nuts: 1/2 cup
– 🍚 powdered sugar: 1/2 cup
Steps 🔥:
🍰 Preheat oven to 350.
🍰 Grease and flour a jellyroll pan.
🍰 For the cake: In a large bowl, whisk together 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1 tsp baking soda. Set aside.
🍰 In another bowl, mix together 2 eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 1 tbsp vinegar, 1 tsp vanilla, and, if desired, 1/2 cup nuts. Set aside.
🍰 In a pot over medium heat, melt 2 sticks of butter. Add 1 cup water, 4 tbsp cocoa powder, and mix until incorporated. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
🍰 To the cooled butter mixture, add the egg mixture little by little, mixing constantly. Then, combine everything into the big bowl of the flour mixture. Stir until just combined.
🍰 Pour the batter into the greased/floured pan and bake for 25 minutes or until the cake springs back when touched.
🍰 For the icing: In a pot, melt 1 stick of butter, 4 tbsp cocoa powder, and 6 tbsp milk. Take off the heat and add powdered sugar, 1 tbsp vanilla, and, if desired, 1 cup nuts. Beat until smooth.
🍰 Pour the icing over the slightly warm cake. It will harden as it cools.
Total Time: 55
Enjoy!
Kitchen Must-Haves: 📦🥄🧄
1. Stand Mixer 🍰
– Brand: KitchenAid
– Essential for whisking together the sugar, flour, salt, and baking soda in a large bowl, as well as mixing the egg mixture and incorporating it into the dry ingredients.
2. Mixing Bowls 🥣
– Brand: Pyrex
– Needed for preparing and mixing various components of the recipe, such as the dry ingredients, egg mixture, and butter mixture.
3. Jellyroll Pan 🍮
– Brand: Nordic Ware
– Used for greasing and flouring as well as baking the cake mixture in the oven.
4. Saucepan 🍳
– Brand: Cuisinart
– Essential for melting butter, mixing cocoa powder with water, and preparing the icing by melting butter, cocoa
Chef’s FAQs: 👩🍳❓🍷
1. What gives Aunt Toni’s Texas Sheet Cake its rich chocolate flavor?
– The rich chocolate flavor in the cake comes from cocoa powder and a touch of vanilla extract.
2. Are nuts an essential ingredient in Aunt Toni’s Texas Sheet Cake?
– Nuts are optional in this recipe; you can add chopped nuts for extra texture and flavor, or leave them out for a nut-free version.
3. How is the frosting for Aunt Toni’s Texas Sheet Cake prepared?
– The delicious frosting is made by combining butter, cocoa powder, milk, and powdered sugar to create a smooth and creamy topping for the cake.
