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Texas Sheet Cake  
For the Cake:  
2
C Sugar  
2
¼
1
C All−purpose flour  
C Cocoa  
t Baking soda  
1
t Cinnamon  
½
½
½
1
C Butter (1 stick), melted  
C Buttermilk  
C Canola or other vegetable oil  
C Water  
2
1
Eggs, lightly beaten  
t Vanilla extract  
Preheat oven to 400°F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 x 2−inch baking pan.  
Sift together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda and cinnamon, and  
set aside. Stir together the remaining ingredients.  
Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, stirring until you have a  
smooth, rather thin batter.  
Pour into your prepared pan, and bake at 400°F for 30−35 minutes, or  
until a toothpick comes out clean.  
While the cake is baking, prepare the frosting.  
For the Frosting:  
¼
¼
½
1
C Plus 2 tablespoons Milk (whole, 2%, skim − doesn't matter)  
C Cocoa  
C Butter  
pound Confectioner's sugar, sifted (about 4 cups)  
t Vanilla extract  
1
1
C Chopped pecans  
Mix the milk and cocoa in a heavy saucepan (stir, stir, stir). Add the butter  
and, over medium heat, stir until the butter melts.  
Remove from heat and gradually stir in the sugar and vanilla until  
smooth. Add the pecans.  
When the cake is just out of the oven, spread the frosting evenly on the  
Texas Sheet Cake  
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