Almond Texas Sheet Cake

[amanda_pennsylvania]

Someone made this cake for a recent event and it was marvelous! I love almond flavoring--the icing tasted almost like marzipan. I think this would be good for an Easter dessert.http://www.cooks.com/rec/view/0,166,144172-247198,00.html

 

[melissa-dallas]

My aunt adores it too. I will pass this on. She even POURS it into her brownie batter.

And I don't mean she adds a little either.

 

[cindy]

This sounds delicious, but I'm not sure what to bake it in. Is it a rimmed

baking sheet, like a jelly roll pan? How high does it rise? And, since I'm in Denver, this is probably a moot point, cuz it may not work here anyway.

 

[melissa-dallas]

Original is in jelly roll pan-think this is too. It is thin cake-almost like brownie squares

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

Yes, my friend used a jelly-roll pan. It had risen a bit above the rim, but not much.

For high-altitude baking, just add a tablespoon or two more of flour. You should be fine. (I spent years baking in New Mexico.)

 

[cindy]

Thanks!

 

[angak]

I love white Texas Sheet cake too! does anyone else think that 3T of almond extract is too much in

the icing? almond extract always seems so strong to me.

 

[meryl]

Yes, I wouldn't use that much.

 

[amanda_pennsylvania]

You would think so, but it made the icing taste like marzipan. I loved it.