Recipe
Dessert
White Texas Sheet Cake
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Servings and Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | Add |
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½ c. shortening | ||
2 c. sugar | ||
2 egg whites, unbeaten | ||
1 ¾ c. flour | ||
½ tsp. salt | ||
1 tsp. baking soda | ||
1 ¾ c. plus 1/3 cup buttermilk, divided | ||
½ tsp. almond extract | ||
2 tsp. vanilla extract, divided | ||
½ c. margarine | ||
1 box(es) powdered sugar | ||
1 ½ c. coconut, optional | ||
½ c. chopped pecans, optional |
Directions
- Combine shortening, sugar and egg whites. Mix well.
- Add flour, salt and baking soda, and mix until well-blended.
- Add 1-3/4 cups buttermilk, almond extract and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, stirring until mixed.
- Pour into greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Cool cake for 5 minutes.
- While cake is cooling, combine margarine, 1/3 cup buttermilk, powdered sugar and remaining 1 teaspoon vanilla in saucepan. Heat, stirring constantly, until dissolved and well-blended. Add coconut and pecans, if desired.
- Spread frosting on warm cake.