You Need To Bake This Cake!

[_KimberlyAnn]

Last night was Courtney's B-Day party. We reserved our neighborhood pool and tennis courts and the sand volleyball pit. It was a blast! Twenty-four teenagers showed up for the fun and needless to say, I spent hours and hours cooking all the food they ate.

The best thing I made was the birthday cake. Well, I made three. Twenty-five teenagers eat a lot.

It was really simple and absolutely delicious! It's called Texas Sheetcake.

I used the following recipe, substituting strongly brewed coffee for the water. I used a 9x13 pan and it took about 32 minutes to bake the cake, as opposed to the 20 minutes called for using the jelly-roll pan.

Mmmmmm!

Ingredients:
•1 cup butter
•1 cup water
•1/4 cup cocoa
•2 cups sugar
•2 cups flour
•1/8 teaspoon salt
•2 eggs
•1 teaspoon baking soda
•1/2 cup sour cream
•1 teaspoon vanilla
•Frosting, below
•chopped pecans



Frosting
•1/2 cup butter
•1/4 cup cocoa
•1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
•1 box (1 pound) confectioners' sugar, sifted (4 1/4 cups sifted)
•1/2 teaspoon vanilla


Combine butter, water, and cocoa in saucepan over medium heat; heat until butter melts. Add sugar, flour, salt, eggs, soda, sour cream, and vanilla; mix well. Pour into a 15x10x1-inch jelly roll pan. Bake at 350° for 20 minutes. Spread frosting over hot cake and sprinkle with chopped pecans.
For frosting, combine butter, cocoa, and milk in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients and mix well with electric mixer. Spread over the hot sheet cake then sprinkle with chopped pecans.

KA

[_silentkid]

That sounds amazing. Just substitute the wheat flour for gluten-free flour and leave out the pecans and I'd be all over it or it would be all over me in my hair and on my face. Sounds like a fun birthday party. Wish Courtney happy birthday for me even though she has no idea who I am.

Under your post there is an ad for "funny Mormon t-shirts". It's always on here. Anyway, wouldn't it be funny if we bought the "I <3 Mormon Boys" one for Wade. He'd totally wear it.

[_KimberlyAnn]

Courtney knows who you are, SK. The scientist friend from Colorado :)

She has also downloaded lots of the music you sent onto her iPod.

You ought to try making the cake (gluten-free, of couse) for your next family gathering. Even your Wilco-hating brother would like it. The frosting is like a thin layer of fudge. I ate so much of it. I'm working on my lust handles.

Kimberly

PS. LOL about the t-shirt for Wade!

[_cinepro]

That sounds like quite a cake. I'll see if I can get Mrs. Cinepro to give it a shot...(or maybe I'll surprise her with it?)

On a related note, if you like cupcakes you might like this slideshow on flickr:

Cupcakes

[_JohnStuartMill]

This is the Internet, Kim. Pics or it didn't happen.

[_Jersey Girl]

I'm liking the idea of this recipe, KA. Thanks!

[_Gazelam]

that's a well loved cake in my household and it doesn't last long, especially if family comes over.

Heres another popular one over here: Orange Rolls

1 tablespoon yeast
Pinch of sugar
1/4 cup water
1 Cup milk
1 tablespoon butter
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 eggs, beaten
4 cups flour
1/2 cup softened butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar
Grated rind from 1 large orange

Dissolve yeast and pinch of sugar in 1/4 cup water. Heat milk, butter, 1/2cup sugar, and salt till butter is melted. Cool to lukewarm and beat in yeast mixture, eggs, and 1 cup of the flour. Let rise till bubbly.

Gradually add remaining flour and beat well with spoon or mixer - not necessary to knead. Cover and let rise till double in bulk. Mix 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup sugar, and grated orange rind.

Roll dough out on lightly floured surface into rectangle and spread with sugar-orange mixture. (Save a little sugar mixture to sprinkle over rolls when done.) Roll up as for cinnamon rolls. Cut into slices and place in greased muffin tins. Let rise till double. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 15 to 20 minutes. Sprinkle with reserved sugar mixture. Makes 18 rolls.

[_moksha]

Kimberly, you do know that when Texans use the word sheet it can have several meetings.

[_msnobody]

Yum. I'm currently cooking one of our family favorites, chicken divan. Now I wish I had the deserts as well. Both sound delicious.

Happy Birthday to your daughter.

[_truth dancer]

Hi KA,

DELICIOUS!!!!

I use the exact same recipe when I make this cake, without the coffee.... I'll have to try the mocha version one of these days!

One thing I do, since my DH loves German chocolate frosting, I typically frost half the cake with the chocolate frosting and the other half with the German chocolate. Of course then everyone has to have at least two pieces.

Y'all are making me hungry!

Time for my evening green drink:

A handful of garden fresh spinach leaves
1 stalk broccoli
1 TBL ground flax seed
1/4 avocado
8 frozen peach slices
Orange juice

Mix in blender! :-)

OK, so it is not quite Texas Sheet Cake...