Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake

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I can remember helping my grandmother in her kitchen. She could whip up a meal or dessert in no time flat. Sometimes, she’d get up before heading off to work and make us a pie, including pie crust from scratch!

Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake:

Ingredients

Cake

  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup oil
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 tsp. cinnamon
  • 1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
  • 2/3 cup buttermilk

Frosting

  1. 6 Tbsp. butter
  2. 1 cup light brown sugar (packed)
  3. 1/2 cup milk
  4. 4 to 5 cups powdered sugar

Instructions
Cake

  1. Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease jelly-roll pan and set aside.
  2. Add the flour and sugar to a large bowl. Mix it up and set it aside.
  3. Add the oil, butter, and water to a saucepan, turn it on medium-high, and bring it to a boil.
  4. Pour the boiling oil mixture over the flour and mix with a beater until well blended.
  5. Add the eggs, cinnamon, baking soda, and buttermilk and mix with a beater until well blended.
  6. Pour into the jelly-roll pan and bake for 20-25 minutes until cake tester comes out clean.
  7. Frosting
  8. Add the butter and brown sugar to a sauce pan and cook on medium-high.
  9. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until it begins to thicken and the brown sugar dissolves.
  10. Remove from heat and let it cool for a minute or two.
  11. Add the milk and mix it in.
  12. Add the powdered sugar and mix with a beater until it is smooth.
  13. Pour over the cake and let cool.


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