Cookie Sheet Cake
Cookie Sheet Cake, A/K/A Texas Sheet Cake, is what I call the 30 minute cake. It is so easy to make, is delicious, and just a really amazing little cake.
I know I cannot be the only one that on occasion gets called the day of the event and asked to make a dessert. This is the cake I make and there is never any left over. It really does take so little time and is a fantastic dessert, also feeds a pretty good sized crowd.
When my girls were little, the school would do recipe books occasionally and every time this recipe was in those little recipe books. The only difference sometimes would be the frosting. I like the frosting with this recipe the best.
Since I grew up in Kansas, we always called this cake a Cookie Sheet Cake, because we’re not from Texas. This is my 20-minute cake. Great to make in a hurry. It is a very tasty and in fact is my favorite cake. It is moist (just wanted to use that word) and really an amazing cake.
Ingredients
For the Cake:
2 Cups Sugar
2 Cups Flour
2 teaspoons Cinnamon
⅛ teaspoon Salt
½ Cup Margarine
¼ Cup Cocoa
½ Cup Vegetable Oil
1 Cup Water
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
½ Cup Buttermilk (Dissolve Baking Soda in Buttermilk)
2 Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla
For the frosting:
½ Cup Margarine
6 Tablespoons Milk
4 teaspoons Cocoa
1 lb. Powdered Sugar
1 teaspoon Vanilla
½ Cup Pecans (chopped)
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
In a large bowl, mix together 2 Cups Sugar, 2 Cups Flour, 2 teaspoons Cinnamon, ⅛ teaspoon Salt. Set aside.
In a medium saucepan, combine ½ Cup Margarine, ¼ Cup Cocoa, ½ Cup Vegetable Oil, and 1 Cup Water. Bring to a boil, then pour into dry mixture that you set aside in Step 1, and stir to combine.
Dissolve 1 teaspoon Baking Soda into ½ Cup Buttermilk. Add the 2 Eggs and 1 teaspoon Vanilla, then combine with mixture in large bowl.
Pour mixture into a well-greased, high sided cookie sheet. Bake for 18-20 minutes.
Remove cake from oven, let cool.
While cake is cooling, we make the frosting. In a bowl, combine ½ Cup Margarine, 6 Tablespoons Milk, 4 teaspoons Cocoa, and 1 lb. Powdered Sugar. Once these are combined, mix in chopped pecans and vanilla.
Once the cake has cooled, pour the frosting over the cake, and spread evenly over the top.
