Recipe of the Month(??)

Chocolate Texas Sheet Cake ~ Yummm Yummmm delicious! I was introduced to this fabulously ooey gooey masterpiece by a friend at work. She went on and on about how it was better than brownies, and me being quite the brownie connoisseur, JUST HAD to try it out. You know what? I'd eat this cake then a whole pan of brownies all in one sitting!!

Texas Sheet Cake:
Preheat Oven to 400 degrees ; Prep cookie sheet/bar pan
Boil Together:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
4 TBSP. cocoa powder
1 cup water

While this is all boiling together:

Mix Together:
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour

Pour the boiled butter mix over the flour/sugar blend.
Add:
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla

Mix then pour onto cookie sheet. Bake 18-20 minutes.

Icing:
Melt together on low heat:
1/2 cup butter
6 TBSP milk
4 TBSP cocoa
2 cups powdered sugar

Let cake cool for just a few minutes then pour warm icing over cake.
It should look very gooey~WAIT until it cools a bit before taking a bite!! I did not and suffered the repercussions of such a stupid act.