Grandma Furnish’s Texas Sheet Cake

Prepare one jelly roll pan (cookie sheet with sides) by greasing and flouring, set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
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Prep Time 10 mins
Cook Time 15 mins
Total Time 25 mins
Course Baking
Cuisine American

Ingredients
  

Sift together in a mixer bowl:

  • 2 cups flour well sifted
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 2 tsp baking soda

Add and mix well:

  • 2 cups sugar, white

Bring the following to a boil while stirring well; then add to the dry ingredients with the mixer on low:

  • 8 ounces butter
  • 2 tablespoons cocoa
  • 1 cup water

Then add the following; mixing well between each egg:

  • 2 eggs

Add to the batter, and mix an additional two minutes:

  • 1/2 cup buttermilk

For the Icing:

  • 4 ounces butter
  • 4 tablespoons cocoa
  • 6 tablespoons buttermilk
  • 1 pound sugar, powdered stirring until smooth.
  • 1 cup pecans, chopped

Instructions
 

  • Mix the batter well (about two minutes) and pour into prepared jelly roll pan. Bake for 15 minutes or until cake springs back in the center.
  • Prepare the following icing while the cake is baking and pour over the top of the cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
  • Add confectioners sugar and chopped nuts, stirring until smooth.
  • Pour over cake right out of the oven, cool before cutting.