astray recipes: Texas sheet cake

Categories: Cake/cookie; Dessert
Yield: 10 servings

Measure	Ingredient
1 cup	BUTTER
1 cup	WATER
4 tablespoons	COCOA PWDR
2 cups	FLOUR
½ cup	BUTTER
4 tablespoons	MILK
1 cup	NUTS (CHOPPED)
2 cups	SUGAR
½ teaspoon	BAKING SODA
2 larges	EGGS
1 cup	SOUR CREAM
1	BOX CONFEC.SUGAR(SIFTED)
1 teaspoon	VANILLA
4 tablespoons	COCOA

CAKE

FROSTING

FOR THE CAKE: BATTER:BRING BUTTER,WATER,COCOA TO A BOIL.POUR INTO MIXTURE OF FLOUR,SUGAR,SALT,BAKING SODA. ADD EGGS AND SOUR CREAM,MIX.

POUR INTO GREASED AND FLOURED 18 X 21" PAN (LG.COOKIE SHEET) BAKE 22 MIN.AT 350.

FOR THE FROSTING: ABOUT 5 MIN.BEFORE CAKE IS DONE BRING BUTTER,COCOA,MILK TO A BOIL. STIR CONSTANTLY. POUR INTO SIFTED SUGAR, ADD VANILLA-BEAT UNTIL WELL MIXED ADD NUTS, POUR HOT FROSTING ONTO HOT CAKE, SPREAD & LET COOL. ENJOY & PIG OUT.

From: Cindy Goslin, Cyberealm BBS Watertown NY 315-786-1120

texas sheet cake