Wondering what to give that special guy for Valentine’s Day?
Wait ’til you see the smile on his face when he realizes you made this just for him! And, it’s easy to make, and devilishly delicious.
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
2 cups Flour
2 cups Sugar
1/4 teaspoon Salt
4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
2 sticks Butter
1 cup Boiling Water
1/2 cup Buttermilk
2 whole Beaten Eggs
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Vanilla
FOR FROSTING:
1/2 cup Finely Chopped Pecans
1-3/4 stick Butter
4 Tablespoons (heaping) Cocoa
6 Tablespoons Milk
1 teaspoon Vanilla
1 pound (minus 1/2 cup) Powdered Sugar
Directions
In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.
In a saucepan, melt butter. Add cocoa. Stir together.
Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.
In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for .
While cake is baking make the icing. Chop pecans finely. Melt butter in a saucepan. Add cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat. Add the milk, vanilla, and powdered sugar. Stir together. Add the pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.
Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you’ve just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever.
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The Pioneer Woman calls this wicked and decadent so it’s perfect for Valentine’s Day. And, most men seem to like the inner Pioneer Woman in all of us. Ever notice that?
Xoxo,
Q – Did you mean an 8 x 13 cake pan or something else?
13 x 18 Carolyn, one of those giant sheet cake pans. Enjoy!
This is the all time well known Texas Sheet Cake tried and true for over 25 years- add 1/2cup coffee and it is even better or a 1/2 tsp cinnamon to batter both little tweaks that add aa kick! I use a 9 x 13 Pyrex
Oh that sounds delish Sandy!