This Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe is a perfect size for Empty Nesters. Cooking for two after children leave the home is a challenge. We are used to making meals sized for a family. But once we become empty-nesters, we now are only cooking for two. And family-sized desserts can be downright dangerous when there are only two, at least in my house it is! This cake is chocolatey and moist, with a fudgy frosting. It is the perfect ending to any meal!

This cake is made with pantry staples that you would normally have in your cabinets or refrigerator; flour, sugar, cocoa, shortening, powdered sugar, salt, vanilla, cinnamon, baking soda, pecans, eggs, butter, milk, and buttermilk.

This small variation of the classic Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake makes the perfect amount for two. If you are a chocolate lover like me, this cake will satisfy that chocolate sweet tooth!

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Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake (Perfect for Two)

This sinfully chocolate Texas Sheet Cake is perfectly sized for empty nesters. This tried and true favorite is a decadent and moist cake with a velvety, fudge frosting that will melt in your mouth. Give it a try; you're going to love it!

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Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 25 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 6

Ingredients

  

Cake

• ½ Cup All Purpose Flour
• ½ Cup Sugar
• ¼ Cup Unsalted Butter
• 2 TBSP Crisco
• 1 TBSP Baking Cocoa
• ¼ Cup Water
• ⅛ tsp Salt
• 2 TBSP Buttermilk
• ¼ tsp Cinnamon
• 2 TBSP Egg (Beaten)
• ¼ tsp Baking Soda
• ¼ tsp Vanilla

Frosting

• 2 TBSP Unsalted Butter
• 4 ½ tsp Milk
• 1 TBSP Baking Cocoa
• ¾ Cup Powdered Sugar
• ¼ tsp Vanilla
• ¼ Cup Pecans (Chopped (Optional))

Instructions

 

Cake

• Preheat oven to 350° F.
• Sift flour and sugar together in a medium sized mixing bowl.
• Mix butter, crisco, cocoa, water and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Then pour over flour and sugar mixture and mix well with a mixer.
• Add buttermilk, cinnamon, egg, soda and vanilla. Stir until all ingredients combined.
• Pour into two 6" x 3" x 2" loaf pans coated with cooking spray.
• Bake at 350° F for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.

Frosting

• Mix butter, milk and cocoa in a small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
• Remove from heat and beat in powdered sugar with a mixer.
• Stir in vanilla and pecans.
• Pour over warm cakes.

Notes

1. Milk can be substituted for the buttermilk in the cake.
2. Walnuts can be substituted for pecans in the frosting or the pecans can be omitted altogether.

Keyword Cake, Chocolate, Desserts for Two, Empty Nester, Sheet Cake

I hope you enjoy this Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake, perfect for two! Let me know what desserts you like to make as empty nesters.

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