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Texas Sheet Cake Trifle
Teresa Ambra
This spectacular dessert layers Texas Sheet Cake with chocolate pudding, chocolate fudgy pecan icing and Cool Whip. Fabulous dessert for company or parties.
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Prep Time
40
minutes
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Cook Time
40
minutes
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Total Time
1
hour
hr
20
minutes
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Course
Dessert
Cuisine
Southern
Servings
16
Calories
647
kcal
Equipment
1 large trifle dish
1 11x17" cookie sheet or jelly roll pan
or miniature muffin tins (either will work)
2 small sauce pans
1 whisk
2 wooden spoons
2 large mixing bowls
1 electric mixer
measuring cups
measuring spoons
1 sharp knife
to cut cake in cubes
1 nut chopper
if nuts are not previously chopped
Ingredients
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CAKE:
1
cup
unsalted butter
1
cup
water
4
heaping tbsp.
cocoa
2
cups
granulated sugar
2
cups
UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour
bleached flour toughens baked goods
1/2
tsp.
sea salt
1
tsp.
baking soda
2
large
eggs
1/2
cup
sour cream
1
tsp.
vanilla extract
CHOCOLATE FILLING:
14
oz. can
sweetened condensed milk
(NOT evaporated milk)
1/4
cup
water
16
oz. container
cool whip
or other non-dairy whipped topping
3.4
oz. pkg.
instant chocolate pudding
CHOCOLATE ICING:
1/2
cup
unsalted butter
(1 stick)
6
tbsp.
2% milk
5
tbsp.
cocoa
1
lb.
confectioners’ sugar
1
tsp.
vanilla extract
1
cup
pecans
finely diced
10
Maraschino cherries with stems
for garnish
Instructions
CAKE:
Grease miniature muffin tins (or you can bake this on a greased 11x17” cookie sheet).
Preheat oven to 350°.
Place butter in a small saucepan over low to medium heat.
Add cocoa and water.
Whisk to combine.
Once butter melts, turn off heat and pour mixture into a large mixing bowl to cool.
Add granulated sugar, flour, salt, baking soda, eggs, sour cream and vanilla.
Whisk or mix with an electric mixer to combine.
Pour mixture into greased muffin tins about two-thirds full.
Bake at 350° about 15-20 minutes or until brownies bounce back when touched.
If baking in cookie sheet allow extra time.
Cool 5-10 minutes.
Remove from muffin tins and place in bowl.
Otherwise, invert cake and cut into one-inch pieces.
Set aside.
CHOCOLATE FILLING:
Mix chocolate pudding, condensed milk and water with an electric mixer until mixture is thick.
Stir in half of the container of Cool Whip.
Set aside.
CHOCOLATE ICING:
Melt butter with milk and cocoa in a small saucepan.
Bring to a boil.
Remove from heat.
Add powdered sugar, vanilla and nuts.
Stir or whisk to combine.
Keep mixture over low heat until ready to assemble, so the mixture is pourable.
TO ASSEMBLE TRIFLE:
Crumble cake into one-inch pieces (they do not have to be perfect—bite-sized pieces are what you want).
Place a layer of about one-third of the cake pieces in trifle dish.
Place one-third of the chocolate filling over top.
Drizzle one-fourth of the chocolate icing over top of pudding layer.
Repeat layers twice.
Smooth remaining whipped topping over top.
Drizzle remaining one-fourth of chocolate icing over top.
Garnish with maraschino cherries, as desired.
Notes
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Nutrition
Calories:
647
kcal
Carbohydrates:
97
g
Protein:
7
g
Fat:
28
g
Saturated Fat:
15
g
Polyunsaturated Fat:
2
g
Monounsaturated Fat:
9
g
Trans Fat:
1
g
Cholesterol:
87
mg
Sodium:
301
mg
Potassium:
286
mg
Fiber:
3
g
Sugar:
77
g
Vitamin A:
737
IU
Vitamin C:
1
mg
Calcium:
140
mg
Iron:
2
mg
Keyword
brownie, caramel, cherries, chocolate, chocolate dessert, dessert
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