Texas Orange Sheet Cake Recipes

TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, bring the butter, water and cocoa to a boil. Remove from the heat. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; add to cocoa mixture. Stir in the sour cream until smooth. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean., In a small saucepan, melt butter; add milk and cocoa. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and vanilla until smooth. Pour over warm cake. Cool completely on a wire rack.

ORANGE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Spray bottom of 9x13" sheet cake pan with cooking spray.
• Set aside.
• Beat first five ingredients with an electric mixer for 4 minutes.
• Pour into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake for 35 minutes.
• For icing, beat the powdered sugar and orange juice with a mixer until smooth.
• (Start with 3/4 cup orange juice. If you want the cake even moister/soggier than it already is, slowly increase the amount of orange juice).
• Remove cake from oven, and poke with many holes- using a chopstick or fork or skewer, etc.
• Pour the icing over the warm cake.

TEXAS ORANGE SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together.
• In a large bowl, cream butter until smooth. Gradually add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Beat eggs; stir in marmalade, orange rind and mandarin segments, if you like.
• Beat in flour mixture alternately with orange juice, beating after each addition.
• Turn batter into a greased and floured 11x14x1-inch or cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool in pan on rack for about 10 minutes and turn in a plate to coool completely and frost with.
• ORANGE GLAZE RECIPE that I posted here: Recipe 411994:.
• Combine sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Add lemon and orange juices slowly and stir until smooth.
• Add remaining ingredients and cook, stirring frequently, over low heat until thick and glossy. Cool and spread on cake.
• Recipe can be doubled if you want.

TEXAS SHEET CAKE V

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10x15 inch pan.
• Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Beat in the sour cream and eggs. Set aside. Melt the butter on low in a saucepan, add the water and 5 tablespoons cocoa. Bring mixture to a boil then remove from heat. Allow to cool slightly, then stir cocoa mixture into the egg mixture, mixing until blended.
• Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
• For the icing: In a large saucepan, combine the milk, 5 tablespoons cocoa and 1/2 cup butter. Bring to a boil, then remove from heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar and vanilla, then fold in the nuts, mixing until blended. Spread frosting over warm cake.

TEXAS SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• CAKE: Melt 1 cup of the butter.
• Stir in 1/4 cup of the cocoa.
• Add 1 cup water.
• Boil, then remove from heat.
• In a mixing bowl, mix the flour, brown sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt.
• Add the chocolate mixture and beat well.
• Stir in 1/3 cup of the condensed milk, the eggs and the vanilla.
• Pour into greased jelly roll pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes.
• FROSTING: Melt the remaining 1/4 cup butter, the remaining 1/4 cup cocoa and remaining condensed milk.
• Stir in powdered sugar and nuts.
• Spread onto warm cake.