Sheet cake recipes aside from Texas Sheet Cake?

[grasswire]

Anyone got a great recipe?

Should make about 30-40 servings.

[Warpy]

1. You'd have to double it

but the apple cake recipe in "The King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary Baking Book" simply can't be beat.

It requires no frosting, just has a crust of cinnamon sugar on the top. The cake is layered with thinly sliced apples (a mandoline is almost a must) and uses oil instead of solid shortening. It's surprisingly light and rich at the same time, a weird but delightful combination.

I've never met anyone who turned up his or her nose at it.

[yellerpup]

2. My MIL gave me that apple cake recipe years ago.

Delicious and no fail. Marie raised 10 kids on this cake and it is a family favorite.

[Warpy]

3. "If I could cook like this, I'd never fit through the door"

was the compliment I've always heard on this one.

I suppose it's possible to screw up with the wrong oven temperature, but even that doesn't seem to be too fussy. Nor is baking it at high altitude.

It's just a beautiful cake, great for dessert or brunch.

[grasswire]

5. Is this the one?

Old-Fashioned Apple Cake with Brown Sugar Frosting

[Warpy]

7. More like this

Mix 5 T sugar and 2 t cinnamon powder and set aside.

Peel, core, and thinly slice 4 crisp, tart apples.

Mix the cake batter:

3 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup vegetable oil
2 c sugar
4 eggs
¼ c apple juice
2 tsp vanilla

Oil a 12x20 or so sheet pan and drop a few spoonfuls of batter in the bottom. Cover with a layer of thinly sliced apples and sprinkle those with the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Repeat twice, ending with a layer of cake batter. Top with remaining cinnamon/sugar mixture. Bake at 375 for 45 minutes to an hour, making sure the center is set and a straw comes out clean. Allow to cool slightly in the pan, cut into serving pieces while still a bit warm. Best served slightly warm but is certainly good cool, especially if you're pairing it with vanilla ice cream.

The batter blobs will spread out as the cake cooks and you'll see what looks like a fine layer cake, separated by layers of sliced apples. A mandoline is best for doing the apples, and I usually use the cheapo Chinese market one instead of hauling out the larger one, peeling and slicing the apples into the pan as I do the layers.

Gild the lily by sifting confectioner's sugar over the whole business, with or without a doily pattern.

[ejpoeta]

12. sounds good. i might have to try this.

[ginnyinWI]

15. will save this one for when our apples are ripe!

We have five trees and most years plenty of apples every September.

[yellerpup]

6. LOL! That reminds me of Marie, alright!

She could fit through the door, but only if she squeezed through sideways. One of my neighbors in NC would ask me to make that fresh apple cake about every other week. Great with a scoop of ice cream, too.

[grasswire]

4. thanks for the tip

Maybe I will make that and another more traditional type cake.

I also was thinking of doing one of those cakes where you tear up angel food cake and mix it with berries and whipped cream and then chill.

The occasion is the birthday of my great-great-grandfather, who would be about 135 years old on Saturday. We always have a family party on that day. And he LOVED old-fashioned cake. That's why I'm looking for something with no resemblance to a cake mix.

[hippywife]

8. Now that's something I don't have

nor do I have room to store and that's a sheet cake pan. I always make Texas Sheet cake in a 9x13 and it comes out a little thicker but still great. I just can't seem to trust it in my jelly roll pans. Always envisioning a great big mess in the oven when it overflows. :scared:

I would think almost any cake could be adapted and the baking time shortened to accommodate a sheet cake pan.

As usual, I recommend the Fanny Farmer Fresh Banana Cake. It's about as old fashioned as you can get and doesn't require frosting, either. When I double it, I get a 9x13 and a 9x9.

I would imagine you could use this basic sheet cake recipe and then add your own flair to it:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/birthday-sheet-cake-recipe/index.html

This is for a 9x13 and looks easily adaptable to change out the vegan ingredients:
http://bittersweetblog.wordpress.com/2009/06/05/take-it-outside/

There's a few here, as well:
http://www.delightful-cake-recipes.com/sheet-cake-recipes-t2.html

:hi:

[mtnester]

11. My favorite icing for a banana cake, if I do ice it

is caramel. Goes so well with bananas

[Lorax]

9. Pioneer Woman's Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever

I've been wanting to try the recipe for Best Chocolate Sheet Cake Ever on The Pioneer Woman's blog. I don't even like chocolate cake but these pictures are calling out to me. Only thing is that I can't be trusted home alone with baked goods of any kind (even chocolate cake which I supposedly don't like but will still stuff myself silly with.)

I am currently in love with this woman's blog. The recipes I have tried have all been delicious. But I am seriously on a diet right now and since I don't live on a cattle farm or chase around 4 little kids like she does, I simply cannot justify making this cake. So I implore you, make this cake and tell me if it is good. Or tell me if any non-chocolate-cake-eaters think it is good. Then I'll know if it is worth a splurge.

I know you said no Texas sheet cake, but this looks sooooo good.




http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2007/06/the_best_chocol/

Pioneer Woman Chocolate Sheet Cake
Combine in a mixing bowl:
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt

In a saucepan, melt:
2 sticks butter
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa. Stir together.
Add 1 cup boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat. Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool.

In measuring cup, pour 1/2 cup buttermilk.
Add:
2 beaten eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture. Pour into sheet cake pan and bake at 350-degrees for 20 minutes.

While cake is baking, make icing:
Chop 1/2 cup pecans finely.
Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter in a saucepan.
Add 4 heaping tablespoons cocoa, stir to combine, then turn off heat.
Add:
6 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 lb minus 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Stir together.
Add pecans, stir together, and pour over warm cake.

Cut into squares, eat, and totally wig out over the fact that you’ve just made the best chocolate sheet cake. Ever

[Lorax]

10. Site down for maintenance.

Her site is down for maintenance right now but I'm sure it will be back up soon.

[Inspired]

13. I just ate a piece of this very cake! Swear!

It is so good. The buttermilk adds a lot. It is so moist and I get rave reviews whenever I make it. I make it in a jelly roll pan.

I love thepioneerwoman.com website. She's a hoot and the recipes are all very good.

[april]

14. thank you for this stie 2 good !

[hippywife]

16. That is exactly how

I've always made Texas Sheetcake. Same ingredients and method. :hi:

[Lorax]

17. Now I have to make this

That seals it then. Now I have to make this the next time I have people over.