Meegan’s Texas Sheet Cake

Yes! It’s time for Meegan’s Texas Sheet Cake. Our family LOVES this moist, chocolatey cake. I made it for a family gathering this past weekend, and I thought you might like it, too. It serves a crowd and doesn’t last long, because it is THAT good…

*Updated and modified September 2026.

 

{Meegan’s Texas Sheet Cake}

Ingredients for Cake:

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

3/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

 2 sticks REAL butter

3 Tbs. cocoa

1 cup water

2 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 tsp. REAL Vanilla

Mix sugar and flour.  Mix butter, cocoa, and water, bring to a boil. Pour hot liquid mixture over sugar, salt, baking soda and flour. Beat eggs, add buttermilk and vanilla, then pour over chocolate mixture and stir until smooth.

Bake at 350* for 20-25 minutes in a 12×18 inch pan.

Ingredients for Icing:

2 sticks REAL butter 3 Tbsp cocoa

1 box powdered sugar

6 Tbls milk

1 cup coarsely chopped nuts

1 tsp REAL vanilla

Melt butter and cocoa and milk. Bring to a boil. Pour over powdered sugar and whisk until smooth. Toss in pecans Add vanilla. Whisk until smooth

Pour over hot cake.

Serve it up with a cold glass of milk or your favorite hot drink. Not to mention it’s so delicious with a scoop of ice cream, too!How easy does that sound? It seriously is so chocolatey, and moist. Plus the flavor of the buttermilk in a chocolate cake can’t be beat, right?

I hope you will make Meegan’s Texas Sheet Cake sometime soon.  It is the perfect comfort food for Winter.

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