Stacie's Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients:

Cake:

2 C All-Purpose Flour

2 C White Sugar

1 tsp Baking Soda

1 tsp Ground Cinnamon

1/2 tsp Salt

2 Tbsp *Buttermilk Powder (found in the baking aisle of your grocery store)

1/2 C Butter (1 stick)

1/2 C Shortening

1/4 C Cocoa Powder

1 C Water

2 Eggs, beaten

1/2 C water

Frosting:

1/2 C Butter (1 stick)

6 Tbsp Milk

1/4 C Cocoa Powder

1 tsp Vanilla Extract

4 C Powdered Sugar, sifted.

Directions:

Cake:

1-Preheat oven to 350F/175C. 

2-Grease and flour 13 x 18" half-sheet cake pan. (You can also use a 10 x 15" jelly roll pan for this recipe.)

3-In large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and buttermilk powder. Set aside.

4-In a small saucepan, combine butter, shortening, cocoa powder and 1 C water. Bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute.

5-Pour this liquid over the flour and sugar mixture in the bowl and mix well.

6-In a small bowl, beat the eggs and add 1/2 C water. Blend this together well, and add to the cake batter. Mix well.

7-Put batter into prepared pan. Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.

8-As soon as you remove the cake from the oven, make the frosting. (Cake should be frosted no longer than 10 minutes out of the oven.)

Frosting:

1-Add first 3 frosting ingredients into a small saucepan. Bring to a boil and cook for      1 minute. Remove from the stove and add vanilla extract.

2-Place powdered sugar in a medium mixing bowl.

3-Add in the chocolate mixture. Mix well.

4-Frost while the cake is still warm.