Texas Sheet Cake

Ingredients:

2 sticks margarine (mom called it oleo)
1 C water
4 T cocoa
2 C flour
2 C sugar
½ t salt

Directions:

Bring margarine, water and cocoa to a boil.
Put the flour, sugar and salt in a separate bowl.
Add the hot mixture to the flour mixture.

Add:

2 eggs
½ cup sour cream
1 t soda

Mix together and pour into a greased cookie sheet/cake pan. (deeper than a cookie sheet)

Bake 20 minutes on 400 degrees

Frosting:

1 stick margarine
4 T cocoa
7 T milk

Bring to a boil.

Pour into 1 lb of confectioner’s sugar (10X), add 1 t vanilla.  Blend completely.

Ice cake hot out of the oven (seriously) and sprinkle with chopped walnuts.

 
This was the go to cake for any occasion. Special or a Sunday dinner dessert. Feeds a party and is a cake with a brownie texture. Be sure to ice it while its hot…