Texas Sheet Cake

1 cup margarine (1/2 pound)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
4 tbsp cocoa
2 cups flour
1 tsp soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup water
1/2 cup sour cream

Cream margarine, add sugar, eggs, mix dry ingredients and add this to mixture alternating with the water. Add vanilla and sour cream. Bake in greased and floured sheet pan, 17 by 11 by 3/4 inch. Bake at 350 for 35 minutes.

Icing:

1 stick margarine
1 tsp vanilla
1/4 cup milk
4 tbsp cocoa

Bring to boil and remove from heat. Beat in one pound (4 cups) powdered sugar. Add 1 cup chopped nuts. Pour onto hot cake.

Submitted by Thelma Mc Clelland

Recipe was submitted in 1984. Recipe appeared in the Cakes chapter of the 1984 Herron Island Cookbook.


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