Texas Sheet Cake

Name: Texas Sheet Cake
Yield: Serves 24
Cuisine: US & Canada, Southern, American
Ingredients: 2 cups (10 ounces/283 grams), all-purpose flour; 2 cups (14 ounces/397 grams), sugar; 1/2 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, salt; 2 large, eggs plus 2 yolks; 2 teaspoons, vanilla extract; 1/4 cup, sour cream; 8 ounces (227 grams), semisweet chocolate, chopped; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 3/4 cup, vegetable oil; 3/4 cup, water; 1/2 cup (1½ ounces/43 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 8 tablespoons (1 stick), unsalted butter; 1/2 cup, heavy cream; 1/2 cup (1½ ounces/43 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 tablespoon, light corn syrup; 3 cups (12 ounces/340 grams), confectioners' sugar; 1 tablespoon, vanilla extract; 1 cup, toasted pecans, chopped

Desserts or Baked Goods
US & Canada
Southern
American
Chocolate
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2008, Cook's Country TV

The signature fudgy texture is created when warm icing is spread over a hot cake.

SERVES 24

TIME 1 hour, plus 1 hour cooling and 1 hour chilling

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