45 Minute Chocolate Cake
(Texas Sheet Cake)
Sift into large bowl:
2 C sugar
2 C flour
Combine and bring to a boil:
1 C butter or margarine
1/3 C Hershey’s cocoa
1 C water
Pour over sugar and flour (Do not cool!)
Add:
½ C buttermilk (if you don’t have buttermilk take ½ C milk and add 1T white vinegar)
2 eggs
1 t baking soda
1 t vanilla
Mix then pour into greased cookie pan, (3/4” – 1” deep). Bake at
400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Frosting: 5 minutes before cake is done, cook to boiling:
½ C butter or margarine
1/3 C Hershey’s cocoa
6 T milk
Remove from heat and add:
1 lb. or 4 C powdered sugar
1 t vanilla
Beat until smooth and pour over hot cake.
Freezes well.
(Texas Sheet Cake)
Sift into large bowl:
2 C sugar
2 C flour
Combine and bring to a boil:
1 C butter or margarine
1/3 C Hershey’s cocoa
1 C water
Pour over sugar and flour (Do not cool!)
Add:
½ C buttermilk (if you don’t have buttermilk take ½ C milk and add 1T white vinegar)
2 eggs
1 t baking soda
1 t vanilla
Mix then pour into greased cookie pan, (3/4” – 1” deep). Bake at
400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Frosting: 5 minutes before cake is done, cook to boiling:
½ C butter or margarine
1/3 C Hershey’s cocoa
6 T milk
Remove from heat and add:
1 lb. or 4 C powdered sugar
1 t vanilla
Beat until smooth and pour over hot cake.
Freezes well.
