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Texas Sheet Cake Cupcakes

Cindy Rahe
Created January 10, 2017
Just a few simple tweaks enhance this chocolate-y, all-American dessert.
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Texas Sheet Cake is a dessert steeped in tradition, with many families handing recipes down from generation to generation. Being the half-Korean, West coast girl I am, of course I had to switch it up a little bit! But don’t fret too much, purists. I’ve only made minor tweaks to this super-traditional recipe, adapting it into cupcake form and adding a splash of bourbon. Here’s how it’s done! 

If you’ve made Texas Sheet Cake before, you know the ingredients are pretty standard.

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Like many recipes, this one starts with boiling the butter with water and cocoa powder. Mmm-mmm good.

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That then gets mixed with the flour, sugar and salt mixture, combining into a loose, moist batter.

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The glaze begins like the batter, with simple ingredients, heated together, before dousing over the still-warm cupcakes.

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It’s a good thing these babies are portion-controlled because holy moly, they are so good.

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Ingredients

  • Cupcakes
    • 2cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
    • 2cups granulated sugar
    • 1/4teaspoon salt
    • 1cup unsalted butter
    • 1cup water
    • 3tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
    • 1/2cup buttermilk
    • 1teaspoon baking soda
    • 1teaspoon vanilla
    • 2tablespoons bourbon
    • 2eggs, beaten
    • 1/2cup chopped pecans
  • Icing
    • 1/2cup unsalted butter
    • 3tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
    • 6tablespoons milk
    • 2 1/2cups powdered sugar
    • 1tablespoon bourbon
    • Pecan halves for garnish, as desired

Directions

  • 1Heat oven to 325°F. Place paper baking cups in 24 regular-size muffin cups.
  • 2In large bowl, mix flour, granulated sugar and salt with whisk. Set aside.
  • 3In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1 cup butter, the water and 3 tablespoons baking cocoa to boiling. Remove from heat, and pour into flour mixture. Mix to combine. Add buttermilk, baking soda, vanilla, 2 tablespoons bourbon and the eggs; mix well to combine. Fold in chopped pecans. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups, filling two-thirds full.
  • 4Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
  • 5Meanwhile, make Icing. In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup butter, 3 tablespoons baking cocoa and the milk to simmering. Remove from heat; beat in powdered sugar and 1 tablespoon bourbon. Spoon warm icing over warm cupcakes. Top with pecan halves.

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