Texas Sheet Cake

From Pioneer Woman

Cake Ingredients:

• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 4 tbsp (heaping) cocoa
• 2 sticks of butter
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Prepare a sheet cake pan.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
• In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa and stir together. 
• Add boiling water to saucepan and allow mixture to bubble for 30 seconds.
• Pour saucepan mixture into mixing bowl with the flour mixture.
• In a small mixing bowl, beat the eggs then pour in buttermilk, baking soda, and vanilla and mix together.
• Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture and stir.
• Pour into cake pan.
• Bake for 20-30 minutes, depending on oven and altitude
• While cake is baking, make frosting....

Frosting Ingredients:

• 1 and 3/4 stick of butter (yes, 1 stick of butter plus 3/4 of another stick... 1/2 cup plus 6 tbsp)
• 4 tbsp (heaping) cocoa
• 6 tbsp (3-oz) milk
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 3 1/4 cups powdered sugar

Frosting Directions:

• Melt butter in saucepan. Add cocoa and stir to combine. 
• Remove from heat and add milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
• Stir together and pour over warm cake.

(20 large pieces of cake and 314 calories/slice)