Scottish Sheet Cake Recipes

SCOTTISH SHEET CAKE

Steps:

• Sift flour and sugar together, set aside.
• Bring 1 cup water to a boil.
• Mix oleo, Crisco, and cocoa together.
• Stir in flour and sugar mixture.
• Blend in boiling water.
• Add buttermilk, soda, eggs, and vanilla.
• Pour mix into baking sheet and bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes.
• Ice with Scottish icing.

SCOTCH CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: Sift together the flour and sugar into a large bowl.
• Combine the butter, cocoa and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil, stirring to dissolve the cocoa and melt the butter.
• Add cocoa mixture to the flour mixture and mix well with a wooden spoon.
• In a bowl combine the buttermilk, cinnamon, baking soda, eggs and vanilla; mixing well.
• Add buttermilk mixture to the flour/cocoa mixture.
• Beat until well blended (batter will be thin).
• Pour into a greased and floured 13x9 baking pan and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes or until cake tests done with a toothpick inserted in the center (if done the toothpick will come out clean).
• Spread icing over hot cake in pan.
• For icing: Combine the butter, cocoa and milk in a saucepan and bring to a boil; stirring until butter is melted and cocoa is dissolved.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and powdered sugar mixing well then add pecans and mix.