Texas Sheet Cake Brownies Recipe
Fudgy brownies topped with silky chocolate icing rank high among my favorite desserts to create. Now I’ve combined them into one irresistible treat: Texas Sheet Cake Brownies. The result is rich, decadent, and perfect for chocolate lovers. But if fudgy isn’t your style, don’t worry. My Pumpkin Blondies are just as delightful. They offer a sweet, spiced alternative that’s equally indulgent. Either way, there’s a treat here to satisfy any craving.
My girls love these brownies. They are great for school lunch and after school snacks, after dinner desserts and even Frankenstein-ed into another dessert. Yes, adding them into a cheesecake works magnificently. You can also use them in ice cream sundaes. Another option is to cube them up and layer them in a trifle.
The one important thing to remember with this recipe is that you need to pour warm frosting over warm brownies. The frosting will melt slowly into the top of the brownie. It will come together as one brownie piece. This is different from just having brownie with frosting on top. As it all cools, the butter helps the icing harden. It creates a nice sweet frosting crust over soft, fudgy brownies.
Adding the frosting this way is also important to not take out the brownies from their pan. The frosting needs to be contained by the higher lip of the baking pan or casserole dish. This is precisely how the proper Texas sheet cakes are made.
Cost to make this recipe.
I calculated this delicious Texas sheet cake brownie recipe to cost roughly $7.52 for one entire sheet pan. This recipe cuts about 15 pieces and thus comes to about $0.50 per serving slice.
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Recipe adapted
This recipe is a Vintage Mountain Homestead original recipe. All images and texts are original to this blog.
Texas Sheet Cake Brownies
Ingredients
Brownies
- 4 oz unsweetened chocolate, …[$2.24]
- 2 cups all purpose flour, …[$0.31]
- 2 cups white granulated sugar, …[$0.58]
- ½ cup vegetable oil, …[$0.19]
- 4 large eggs, …[$0.92]
- 1 tsp vanilla extract, …[$0.70]
- ½ tsp salt, …[$0.03]
Chocolate Icing
- 1 stick butter, …[$1.00]
- 3½ cup powdered sugar, …[$1.19]
- 4 Tbsp cocoa powder, …[$0.28]
- 1/3 cup milk, …[$0.08]
Instructions
Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 °F and grease a 9×12 baking pan with raised sides. Don’t use baking sheet.
- Slowly melt chocolate in a medium bowl over a boiling saucepan of water. Stir often.
- In another bowl blend all the remaining brownie ingredients together. When chocolate is melted, add to the brownie batter and stir.
- Pour brownie batter into greased pan and bake for 20-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Chocolate Icing
- While brownies are baking, melt butter in a medium bowl and whisk together remaining icing ingredients. Keep icing warm to keep butter melted.
- When brownies come out of the oven, immediately pour warm chocolate icing on top and over brownies in baking pan. Let brownies completely cool and then cut and enjoy.
Texas Sheet Cake Brownies
Ingredients
Brownies
- 4 oz unsweetened chocolate, …[$2.24]
- 2 cups all purpose flour, …[$0.31]
- 2 cups white granulated sugar, …[$0.58]
- ½ cup vegetable oil, …[$0.19]
- 4 large eggs, …[$0.92]
- 1 tsp vanilla extract, …[$0.70]
- ½ tsp salt, …[$0.03]
Chocolate Icing
- 1 stick butter, …[$1.00]
- 3½ cup powdered sugar, …[$1.19]
- 4 Tbsp cocoa powder, …[$0.28]
- ⅓ cup milk, …[$0.08]
Instructions
Brownies
- Preheat oven to 350 °F and grease a 9×12 baking pan with raised sides. Don't use baking sheet.
- Slowly melt chocolate in a medium bowl over a boiling saucepan of water. Stir often.
- In another bowl blend all the remaining brownie ingredients together. When chocolate is melted, add to the brownie batter and stir.
- Pour brownie batter into greased pan and bake for 20-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Chocolate Icing
- While brownies are baking, melt butter in a medium bowl and whisk together remaining icing ingredients. Keep icing warm to keep butter melted.
- When brownies come out of the oven, immediately pour warm chocolate icing on top and over brownies in baking pan. Let brownies completely cool and then cut and enjoy.