Texas Sheet Cake with Fudge Icing

Texas Sheet Cake with Fudge Icing 🍫

Ingredients

• For the cake:

• All-purpose flour – 2 cups (250g)
• Granulated sugar – 2 cups (400g)
• Unsweetened cocoa powder – ¼ cup (25g)
• Baking soda – 1 tsp
• Salt – ½ tsp
• Eggs – 2 large
• Buttermilk – ½ cup (120ml)
• Vanilla extract – 2 tsp
• Unsalted butter – 1 cup (225g)
• Hot water – 1 cup (240ml)

• For the fudge icing:

• Unsalted butter – ½ cup (115g)
• Unsweetened cocoa powder – ¼ cup (25g)
• Milk – ¼ cup (60ml)
• Powdered sugar – 3½ cups (450g), sifted
• Vanilla extract – 1 tsp

Instructions

Cake:

Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch sheet pan.

In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.

In another bowl, whisk eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla.

In a saucepan, melt butter with hot water, bring just to a boil, then pour into dry ingredients. Stir well.

Add the egg mixture and mix until smooth. Batter will be thin.

Pour into pan and bake for 20–25 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

Icing:

In a saucepan, melt butter with cocoa and milk. Bring to a gentle boil, stirring.

Remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth and glossy.

Pour the warm icing over the hot cake and spread evenly.

Let set before slicing into squares.