As much as we love chocolate, this White Texas Sheet Cake may be our new go-to homemade cake recipe!
Traditional Texas Sheet Cake is a chocolate cake made with buttermilk that is topped with chocolate frosting (like our Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes).
My sister, Camille, made these Texas Sheet Cake Brownies a few years ago and I was instantly on board the Texas Sheet Cake train!
This White Texas Sheet Cake makes the perfect birthday cake, potluck dessert or festive dessert for the next holiday!
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make White Texas Sheet Cake, you will need the following ingredients:
Cake
- Butter , softened
- Water
- Flour
- Sugar
- Eggs
- Sour cream
- Almond extract
- Salt
- Baking soda
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cream cheese, 1 package, softened
- Butter , softened
- Vanilla
- Powdered sugar
- Sprinkles, optional
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to make White Texas Sheet Cake
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Place one cup butter and water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Remove saucepan from heat and stir in flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, salt, and baking soda until smooth.
- Pour batter into a baking sheet (18 x 13 x 1-inch) sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes or until cake is golden brown. Let cool for 20-30 minutes.
- For the frosting, cream together cream cheese, butter and vanilla together.
- Add powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
- Top with sprinkles, if desired.
Storage Suggestions
If you manage to have any leftover cake, these can store well if prepped appropriately. Once the cake has cooled completely, here is how you can store it:
- Counter: Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days are room temperature.
- Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days in the refrigerator.
- Freezer: You can freeze completely cooled, un-frosted cake. First, wrap it either in plastic wrap or Press & Seal wrap. Plastic wrap tends to be a little difficult, and require multiple layers. However, we usually always have plastic wrap on hand. Make sure to label your frozen cake with the date made. Frozen cake can last in the freezer for up to 3 months
Frequently Asked Questions
You can easily change up the sprinkles you use to top this sheet cake depending on the season. We love using green and red sprinkles for Christmas or black and orange sprinkles for Halloween.
You could also top this cake with mini M&Ms or other small candies.
This White Texas Sheet Cake is made to feed a crowd. You can cut this cake into as many slices as you need, but we recommend slicing it into 30 pieces for a big helping of this delicious cake.
Yes! You can freeze this White Texas Sheet Cake by covering it tightly with plastic wrap and then covering it in foil then placing it in the freezer. Let it thaw at room temperature before serving.
Store this cake (covered) for 3 days at room temperature or for one week in the fridge.
Enjoy More Delicious Sheet Cake Recipes
Some days there’s nothing we want more than a slice of chocolate cake. Check out our comprehensive list of cake recipes here.
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- Carrot Cake
- Cinnamon Zucchini Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
- Frosted Strawberry Sheet Cake
White Texas Sheet Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup butter , softened
- 1 cup water
- 2 cup flour
- 2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 package, softened
- ¼ cup butter , softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cup powdered sugar
- ½ cup sprinkles, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉.
- Place one cup butter and water in a large saucepan and bring to a boil.
- Remove saucepan from heat and stir in flour, sugar, eggs, sour cream, almond extract, salt, and baking soda until smooth.
- Pour batter into a baking sheet (18 x 13 x 1-inch) sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
- Bake for 20-22 minutes or until cake is golden brown. Let cool for 20-30 minutes.
- For the frosting, cream together cream cheese, butter and vanilla together.
- Add powdered sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
Notes
Nutrition
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That is a beautiful cake and sounds delicious. Great job as usual 🙂
Happy Blogging!
Happy Valley Chow
I love Texas sheet cake. Three cheers for cake!
The cake looks tasty. What is the source for the recipe? Is it your original recipe that you developed?
This recipe is adapted from AllRecipes. 🙂
Thanks Emily! Have a great night!
Thank you so much! 🙂
Texas sheet cakes are amazing! Your cakes always look amazing!
That face book comment could have come from my M-I=L, who is known to be quite blunt about her body image ideas, but has also been caught sneaking into my cookie jar when she thought no one was watching!! Your family recipes are fantastic and so very appreciated. Keep up the great work and thanks for this cake recipe. I’m heading to the kitchen to make it now, and will add green coloring to the frosting for a St. Patrick’s Day treat!
What a fun idea!! When I make something I bring it into work. We have 40 people in our suite so sweets go pretty fast!
~Cheryl
http://snaps-of-ginger.blogspot.com/
So, would this be good with coconut in place of the sprinkles? I’m not really a fan of the sprinkles, but I LOVE coconut.
I am from Texas and have made this cake – it is delicious IF you cut the sugar in half (at least!) or more. Trust me – it is way too sweet if you make it exactly as the recipes calls for.
Can this cake be frozen with the icing? Looking forward to making it!!
It should work just fine freezing it with the icing on.
this looks delicious! I know its a sheet cake recipe but if I wanted to make a layered round cake, this recipe should yeild for it right?
Hi Sarah, We have only made this in the jelly roll pan. So we don’t want to tell you that it would work in a layered round cake without having tried it.
Sounds delicious! Is it possible to halve the recipe and bake it in a 9×13 pan?
It should work. Just watch the cake as it cooks because the cooking time may be slightly different.
Could you add fresh berries on top?
Berries would be delicious on top of this cake.
How many would this serve?
It serves about 30 people. You could easily cut them smaller if you needed more servings.
Husband is allergic to almonds can I use vanilla extract instead?
My family loved this cake! Thank you so much for posting. Made me feel like I can cook from scratch too!!
Yes, vanilla extract will work great too.
Can I make this recipe in a 13×9 pan?
We have not tried cooking it in a 9 x 13-inch pan, so not sure of the cooking time. You would need to watch it closely.