SKILLET TEXAS CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE

Clässicälly decädent Texäs Chocoläte Sheet Cäke with ä fudgy, pecän-studded chocoläte frosting mäde in ä cäst iron skillet.

If you show up to ä celebrätion here in Texäs, there äre likely to be ä few things present. These things include lots of good food, ice-cold beer, southern hospitälity, änd Texäs Chocoläte Sheet Cäke.

If you’ve never häd Texäs Chocoläte Sheet Cäke, you’re missing out big time. The cäke itself is so chocolätey änd moist with just ä hint of cinnämon, änd its dense texture is perfectly complemented by the frosting. Oh, the frosting. It’s ä cross between fudge änd the frosting Jesus would häve on his (chocoläte) birthdäy cäke. änd I could eät it with ä spoon. äfter it härdens, of course, becäuse thät’s when it’s the best. If you cän wäit thät long.

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugär
• 1 cup whole wheät flour
• 1/2 tsp bäking sodä
• 1/2 tsp cinnämon
• 1/2 cup wäter
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup cänolä oil
• 2 heäping tbsp cocoä powder
• 1/4 cup lowfät buttermilk (or milk soured with lemon juice)
• 1 egg, beäten
• 1/2 tsp vänillä

For the frosting:

• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 tbsp cocoä powder
• 3 tbsp lowfät milk
• 2 cups powdered sugär
• 1/2 tsp vänillä
• 1/2 cup chopped pecäns

Instructions

1. Preheät oven to 400°F. In ä lärge bowl, sift together sugär, flour, bäking sodä änd cinnämon. Set äside.
2. In ä säucepän, combine wäter, butter, oil änd cocoä. Bring to ä boil, stirring. Pour over the dry ingredients änd mix well.
3. In ä smäll bowl or gläss meäsuring cup, mix the buttermilk, egg, änd vänillä. ädd to the chocoläte bätter änd mix.

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