Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake

Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake with vanilla extract is a delicious dessert to make for a birthday party, church potluck, or any holiday. The rich buttercream frosting recipe is perfect for this sheet cake recipe. The hardest thing you’ll have to do while making this Texas Sheet Cake recipe is deciding if you want to sprinkle some pecans on top.

The Best Texas Sheet Cake Recipe

 

Don’t you love a good Texas sheet cake recipe? I promise this is one of those homemade desserts that you are going to fall in love with.

The recipe features buttermilk, which not only adds flavor but also helps make a wonderfully moist cake. Buttermilk tastes great in biscuits, breaded chicken strips, buttermilk brownies, and so much more. It’s a great ingredient for so many recipes.

For this recipe, you will need a 10-inch x 15-inch Jelly roll pan

Step-By-Step Instructions

Sheet Cake

In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and sugar and mix. Set the dry ingredients aside.

Add the oil, butter, and water to a medium-sized saucepan. Heat on medium-high until the mixture boils. 

Once the mixture boils, remove it from the heat and pour it into the flour mixture.

Mix with a hand mixer until well blended. 

Add the eggs, cinnamon, vanilla, baking soda, and buttermilk and mix with the hand mixer. 

The hint of cinnamon adds so much flavor to this classic Southern dessert.

Pour batter into the greased jelly roll pan. I used a 10-inch x 15-inch pan.

Make sure you have a prepared pan. I use nonstick cooking spray to grease the pan.  

• This is closer to a quarter sheet pan, which is 9-inch by 13-inch.
• If you don’t have a jelly roll pan, you can use a cookie sheet, but make sure you have at least an inch and a half sides.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until a cake tester comes out clean. Let the cake cool for 30 or more minutes until it reaches room temperature. I leave the cake in the pan. I don’t take it out of the pan but leave it in a heat-safe place to cool.

Frosting

This is such an easy frosting recipe. You can use it on a lot of other cakes, as well. Make the frosting just before pouring it onto the cooled cake. 

Start by adding butter and brown sugar to a saucepan on medium-high heat and stir. Keep stirring occasionally.

Bring to a boil. Cook until just a little bit thick, and the brown sugar dissolves.

Remove from the heat and let it sit for about one minute. Add the milk and stir it in. Then add the powdered sugar and mix with the hand mixer until smooth. 

Slowly pour the warm frosting over the cake. Let it cool and serve. 

The classic Texas sheet cake is perfect for birthday parties, church potlucks, or any occasion. Add a scoop of ice cream right on the side for the perfect dessert. The cake is only one thin layer, so it won’t be a thick cake, but it’s great for serving a large crowd.

Does A Sheet Cake Have Layers?

Not typically. Usually, a sheet cake recipe only has one layer. And it’s a delicious one. 

What Is The Size Of A Sheet Cake?

In most bakeries, there are three sizes: a full sheet cake, a half sheet cake, and a quarter sheet cake. This buttermilk Texas sheet cake recipe is closer to a quarter-size sheet and will feed quite a few people.

How Thick Is Sheet Cake?

The baked cake is a little over one inch thick. If you were to buy a birthday sheet cake from a grocery store, it might have two or three layers and be several inches thick. This particular cake recipe is about one to two inches thick. The jelly roll pan has a side lip of about one inch, but the cake will rise a little above that as it cooks.