texas sheetcake

this cake is amazing. always a success anywhere we make it, it's light and fluffy. almost like a less dense version of a brownie with great frosting. it's usually made in the summer -- i grew up on having it after bbq's with other families. sooo good!

recipe 

cake

2c flour

2c sugar

1c butter

1c water

4tbs cocoa powder

1/2c buttermilk

11/2tsp baking soda

2eggs

1/2tsp salt

1tsp vanilla

frosting

4tbs cocoa powder

1c butter

6tbs buttermilk

1bs box powdered sugar

(lots of steps! follow carefully) preheat oven to 35o degrees. mix in a bowl the flour and sugar. then boil the butter, water and cocoa powder together. pour the boiled ingredients oven the above dry mixture. mix well. then beat together the buttermilk, baking soda, eggs, salt and vanilla a separate bowl. add the two mixtures together. pour into a greased jellyroll pan. slap down to remove bubbles. bake for 20minutes. 

during the last five minutes of baking, making the icing. boil the three ingredients together and pour it all over a bowl holding 1lbs box of powdered sugar. mix together and pour all over the hot cake after 5minutes of cooling, enjoy!

as you can see, this cake gets eaten fast! this recipe comes from the hersey family. they would always make it for dessert when we got together. i follow the recipe exactly except for the salt. since i use salted butter, i only put a dash of salt (if that) into the cake batter. but other than that, follow the directions!