Texas Sheet Cake

This recipe is from Velma R. Guffey. It moves along quickly.

• 2 sticks + 2 T butter


• 1 cup water


• 4 T cocoa


• 2 cup sugar


• 2 cup flour


• 1/2 c sour cream


• 2 eggs, beaten


• 1 t baking soda

"Preheat oven to 375. Select heavy 4 cup pot and put in 2 sticks butter, water and cocoa. Bring to boil. Use 2 T butter and grease 11x16 cookie pan, including edges. Measure into mixing bowl sugar, flour, and baking soda. Mix well. When mixture in pot comes to boil immediately pour it over dry ingredients. Beat batter well for about 30 seconds. Stir in sour cream and finally beat in eggs. Pour batter into greased pan. Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Texas sheet cake is moist and keeps well."

I wish I had used a spray cooking oil to grease the pan. When this was done I cut two pieces for us to sample and we noted that the edges and bottom were a little too done. When I tried to take the rest of the cake out of the pan, I ended up with a bowl of cake pieces.