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Monday, June 13

Texas Sheet Cake

3/4 lb butter (3 sticks)
4 TBS cocoa
1 Cup water
2 Cups flour
2 Cups sugar
1/2 Cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp vanilla
Icing:
1/2 Cup butter
4 TBS cocoa
6 TBS milk
1 pound powdered sugar
1-1 1/2 Cups pecan chopped
1 tsp vanilla

Melt and bring to boil butter, cocoa and water.  Sift together flour and sugar.  Pour hot mixture into sugar mixture then add buttermilk, eggs, baking soda and vanilla.  mix well.  Prepare pan by spraying with PAM.  Pour into long cookie sheet with sides and bake at 375 for 20 minutes.  Prepare icing while cake bakes.  In sauce pan bring to boil butter, cocoa, and milk; add powdered sugar and beat in; add pecans and vanilla.  Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.  Let cook and serve.

Sour Cream Enchiladas


1 pkg flour tortillas (corn size)
3 chicken breasts, cooked and diced
1 bunch green onions, chopped
1 pound yellow cheese grated
2 cans cream of chicken soup - undiluted
1/2 pint sour cream
1 can sliced olives
1 7 oz can diced green chilies

Spread a thin layer of sauce in the bottom of a 9 x 13 pan.  Mix together green onion, cheese and chicken.  In a different bowl make a sauce of soup, green chilies and sour cream.  Spread small amount of sauce down tortillas, then onion, cheese chicken mixture.  Put seam side down in prepared pan.  Pour remaining sauce over top.  Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.