Texas Funeral Cake

Barbarainnc · ‎03-11-2010

I was watching a cake show and they were going to make their version of Texas Funeral Cake. I have never heard of this cake before. I Googled it, seems it is another name for a Texas Sheet Cake. I have heard and made that cake. One of my favorites to make and eat. You learn something new everyday. 😊 ❤ 😊

BornToShop · ‎03-10-2010

@Barbarainnc wrote:
I was watching a cake show and they were going to make their version of Texas Funeral Cake. I have never heard of this cake before. I Googled it, seems it is another name for a Texas Sheet Cake. I have heard and made that cake. One of my favorites to make and eat. You learn something new everyday. 😊 ❤ 😊

Would love your recipe @Barbarainnc!

blackhole99 · ‎08-22-2013

My family does a funeral cake and it's basically a raisin spice cake. I guess they call it funeral cake because people brought that kind of a cake to the family and it was eaten after the funeral.

deepwaterdotter · ‎03-09-2010

I make a peanut butter version:

Cake:

2 cups sugar

2 cups flour

2 eggs

1 tsp baking soda

1 cup sour cream

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

1 cup butter

1 cup water

Frosting:

1/2 cup butter

2/3 cup creamy peanut butter

6 tbsp milk

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 tsp vanilla

MIx sugar and flour in medium bowl. Thoroughly mix eggs, baking soda, and sour cream in big bowl. Bring peanut butter, butter, and water to boil in small saucepan. Stir peanut butter mixture into flour mixture, then mix well into sour cream mixture. Bake at 400 degrees in lightly-greased 11"x17" sheet pan for 20 minutes. Make frosting while cake bakes.

For frosting, bring peanut butter, butter and milk to boil in saucepan, stirring constantly. Thoroughly mix in powdered sugar, then add vanilla. Mix well, then pour and spread over warm cake. Let cool completely.

Scooby Doo · ‎03-14-2010

I've never heard of a funeral cake, but in Utah we're famous for our funeral potatoes. Even had an olympic pin made for them.

SixTsChick · ‎03-13-2010

OMgoodness, my husband will love this peanut butter cake! I'm going to surprise him and make it. Not tell him what kind it is. He'll love me forever. Hahaha!

RealtyGal2 · ‎01-05-2017

@BornToShop wrote:
@Barbarainnc wrote:
I was watching a cake show and they were going to make their version of Texas Funeral Cake. I have never heard of this cake before. I Googled it, seems it is another name for a Texas Sheet Cake. I have heard and made that cake. One of my favorites to make and eat. You learn something new everyday. 😊 ❤ 😊
Would love your recipe @Barbarainnc!

Isn't it a Texas Funnel Cake?

Barbarainnc · ‎03-11-2010

Nope, Funeral Cake. ** Here is my recipe**

Chocolate Sheet Cake

2 sticks butter

4 Tablespoons cocoa

1 cup water

2 cups self rising flour

2 cups sugar

2 eggs

1/2 cup buttermilk

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon vanilla

Melt butter, mix in cocoa, add water,and bring mixture to a boil. Sift flour and sugar together. Add hot cocoa mixture and beat well. Add eggs, buttermilk, baking soda and vanilla. Mixture will appear very soupy. Put in a greased and floured 15 x 10 x1 inch pan. Otherwise known as a jellyroll pan. I have a friend that bakes this same recipe in a greased and floured half sheet pan. Bake for 20-25 minutes in a 350* oven. While cake is baking, make the frosting. It needs to go on the hot cake. 😊

Icing

1 stick of butter

4 Tablespoons cocoa

6 Tablespoons milk

1 box of powdered sugar, sifted

1 teaspoon vanilla

Some toasted chopped pecans sprinkled on top (optional)

Melt butter, mix in cocoa, then milk and bring mixture to a boil. Remove from heat and sifted powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir til well combined. Pour and spread immediately on the hot cake in the pan. Cool before slicing. This cake is even better the second day.

Side note: I learned if you bake this in the 15 by 10 pan, there isn't enough room for all the icing. So you put it on a plate and eat it. If baking in a half sheet pan, you can put all of the icing on the cake. Now you have a choice of baking pans. 😊 ❤ 😊

beckyb1012 · ‎03-09-2010

@RealtyGal2 wrote:
@BornToShop wrote:
@Barbarainnc wrote:
I was watching a cake show and they were going to make their version of Texas Funeral Cake. I have never heard of this cake before. I Googled it, seems it is another name for a Texas Sheet Cake. I have heard and made that cake. One of my favorites to make and eat. You learn something new everyday. 😊 ❤ 😊
Would love your recipe @Barbarainnc!

Isn't it a Texas Funnel Cake?

Texas Funnel Cake

Texas Sheet Cake with nuts. This Texas girl prefers the sheet cake. Funnel cake was my late sister's favorite.

"Live frugally, but love extravagantly."

lovesrecess · ‎03-14-2010

Here in Texas, the sheet cake is chocolate with a chocolate icing with pecans. It is sometimes made with Coca Cola and then it is called Coca Cola cake...there are several versions but they are all basically the same and serve lots of people...