Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake

Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake with vanilla is a delicious dessert to make for a birthday party, church potluck, or any holiday. The rich buttercream frosting recipe is perfect with a vanilla flavoring. You are going to love this recipe.

I can remember helping my grandmother in her kitchen. She could whip up a meal or dessert in no time flat. Sometimes, she’d get up before heading off to work and make us a pie, including pie crust from scratch!

Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake

Buttermilk Texas Sheet Cake with vanilla is a delicious dessert to make for a birthday party, church potluck, or any holiday. The rich buttercream frosting recipe is perfect with a vanilla flavoring. You are going to love this recipe.

PREP TIME
40 minutes
COOK TIME
25 minutes
ADDITIONAL TIME
15 minutes
TOTAL TIME
1 hour 20 minutes

Ingredients

Cake
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup oil
1 cup water
1 stick butter
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. cinnamon
1-1/2 tsp. baking soda
2/3 cup buttermilk
Frosting
6 Tbsp. butter
1 cup light brown sugar (packed)
1/2 cup milk
4 to 5 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350-degrees. Grease jelly-roll pan and set aside.
Cake
Add the flour and sugar to a large bowl. Mix it up and set it aside.
Add the oil, butter, and water to a saucepan, turn it on medium-high, and bring it to a boil.
Pour the boiling oil mixture over the flour and mix until well blended.
Add the eggs, cinnamon, baking soda, vanilla, and buttermilk and mix with a beater until well blended.
Pour into the jelly-roll pan and bake for 20-25 minutes until cake tester comes out clean.
Frosting
Add the butter and brown sugar to a sauce pan and cook on medium-high.
Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until it begins to thicken and the brown sugar dissolves.
Remove from heat and let it cool for a minute or two.
Add the milk and mix it in.
Add the powdered sugar and mix with a beater until it is smooth.
Pour over the cake and let cool.