Description
I love Texas sheet cake! Chocolate, white…it doesn’t matter. But they all have so much butter. I tried to lighten up an excellent white Texas sheet cake recipe I found on this site by using applesauce in place of some (but not all!) of the butter. To complement the flavor of apples, I also used chai spices for a little added flavor.
Ingredients
- nonstick cooking spray
- 1 cup water
- 1 chai tea bag
- ½ cup unsweetened applesauce
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 ¾ cups white sugar
- ½ cup light sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 4 ½ cups confectioners’ sugar
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Spray a 10×15-inch cake pan thoroughly with nonstick cooking spray.
- Bring water to a boil in a microwave-safe bowl in a microwave oven or in a pot on the stovetop. Remove from heat and add chai tea bag. Let steep for 10 minutes; remove bag.
- Combine chai tea
- applesauce
- and butter in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and add flour
- sugar
- sour cream
- eggs
- baking soda
- vanilla extract
- and salt and whisk until smooth. Pour batter evenly into the prepared pan.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- 22 to 25 minutes.
- Remove cake from the oven.
- Combine butter and milk in a large saucepan. Bring to a light boil and remove from heat. Add confectioners’ sugar
- vanilla extract
- and cinnamon; whisk icing until smooth.
- Pour icing over warm cake and smooth across the surface. Let cool thoroughly before cutting into 24 pieces.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 24