Recipe: Texas White Sheet Cake

This is a cake Mr. Big Food makes fairly frequently because it's good!

TEXAS WHITE SHEET CAKE

Makes 1 15x9 inch cake

CAKE

1 C butter

1 C water

2 C flour

2 C sugar

2 eggs, beaten

½ C sour cream

1 tsp almond extract

1 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

Preheat oven to 375^o. In a large saucepan, bring butter and water to a boil. Remove from heat, stir in flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, salt, and baking soda until smooth. Pour into a greased 15x10 inch baking pan and bake 20-22 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool for 20 minutes.

FROSTING

1 stick butter

¼ C milk

4 ½ C powdered sugar (about 1 lb)

½ tsp almond extract

1 C chopped pecans

Combine butter and milk in saucepan, bring to a boil, remove from heat, add powdered sugar and extract, and mix well. Stir in chopped pecans. Pour and spread over warm cake.