Texas Chocolate Mini Cake Bites Recipes

TEXAS SHEET CAKE BITES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Prepare mini muffin tins by lining each cup with mini paper liners or spraying cups liberally with baking spray that has flour in it.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Set aside.
• Combine water, cocoa powder, and butter in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, whisking often. Remove from heat, pour into the bowl with dry ingredients. Mix together until just combined.
• Add buttermilk and eggs and mix to combine. The batter will be thin.
• Using a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, place one scoop of batter in each muffin cup.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until cakes bounce back when lightly touched. Remove from oven and transfer bites to a rack to cool.If liners were not used, let bites cool for about 10 minutes in the pan. Then using the tip of a knife, gently remove from the pan and place on a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a medium saucepan, heat over medium heat buttermilk, butter and cocoa until bubbly. Mix in sugar and vanilla until smooth. Add in nuts and blend until incorporated.
• Carefully spoon about a tablespoon of frosting over each cake bite and let frosting set. Some frosting may run over the sides, that's okay. Store in an air-tight container.

GRANDMA'S CHOCOLATE TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15-inch cake pan.
• Combine butter, water, and cocoa powder for cake in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook until butter has melted and mixture comes to a boil. Remove from the heat and cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, mix flour, sugar, and salt together in a large bowl. Beat buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl.
• Add melted butter mixture to the flour mixture, then add buttermilk-egg mixture and beat until thoroughly combined. Pour into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove cake from the oven and cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine butter, milk, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract for the frosting in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until butter melts, then stir in powdered sugar. Spread frosting over the warm cake.

TINY TEXAS SHEET CAKES

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the butter, water and cocoa just to a boil. Immediately remove from the heat. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and salt; stir into butter mixture. Add egg and milk; mix well. , Pour into two 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pans coated with cooking spray. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to a wire rack to cool completely. , In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt butter; add milk and cocoa. Microwave on high for 30 seconds. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Spread over cakes. Sprinkle with pecans if desired.