More Chocolate: Texas Sheet Cake

Y'all probably won't believe me when I tell you I don't prefer chocolate. I eat it, but usually I don't choose it. If given an option I'll usually select cheesecake, creme brulee, a fruity pie, or pound cake. But my aunt & mother are absolute chocolate nuts! So... we had a lot of chocolate around last week.

When I was a little girl my mother often made Texas Sheet Cake, my best friend thought it was Texas Sheep Cake and called to ask if my mom could give her mom the recipe for that "shepherd cake". It took us a while to figure out what on earth she was talking about. I vividly remember it being fudgy, delicious, and HUGE! {Baked in a shallow jelly roll pan.} It's a much more involved than Fudge Pie but equally as tasty!

I knew when the fam was coming I had to make one. I searched All Recipes and other sites for what sounded like the closest version to Mom's then came across one in a cookbook that DaddyBoy gave me for Christmas. It is chocked full of wonderful recipes and what makes it even more wonderful is that every recipe is accompanied by detailed explanation from the test kitchen as to why they wrote the recipe they way they did.

From the source: This huge, pecan-topped cake with three distinct layers of chocolaty goodness is made when sweet chocolate icing is poured over a cake hot out of the oven. When the cake cools, you’re left with an icing layer, a fudgy layer where the icing and hot cake have mixed together, and a bottom layer of moist cake. We wanted to pack in even more chocolate flavor.

I rounded up Morgan and we started. I have a book called "How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk". I haven't read it. It may be good but I have another idea that doesn't involve reading a book... engage your children in the kitchen. Morgan talked my ear off the entire time! We had an absolute blast. Under normal circumstances she's not allowed to sit on the counter and I can assure you her bare feet didn't touch any of the ingredients, nor did her fingers touch the super sharp knife! :)

Did I say I didn't prefer chocolate... this cake may have changed my mind! This is evidence that I have ZERO self-control such love for my family that I insisted on being a guinea pig before serving it to them. It's also evidence that I prefer my chocolate without nuts. As the Raiger would say: This cake is WAY delicious and super chocolaty!

Source:: Texas Sheet Cake {you have to create an account {for free} to get the recipe... trust me, it's worth getting a free account for!}