A Little Southern Hospitality

Now, this cake may or not be native to the state of Texas, but it has become a symbol of the Texan hospitality and friendliness.  It’s also now found in many cookbooks across the states and featured as a traditional American food. Whoo Yoo!!

Not only is this cake easy to make, full of flavor and fun, but in Texas, it’s also served in the pan it’s baked in. Score! Some use a yellow cake base and a SUPER sweet frosting. I did not. I deiced to rock out a chocolate cake with light fudge like frosting. Check it out..

or the Cake:

1/2 cup                                        Vegan Butter

1 cups                                          Water

¼  cup                                         Cocoa Powder

2 cups                                         AP Flour

1 cup                                            Organic Cane Sugar

1 tsp                                             Baking Soda

½ tsp                                           Sea Salt

½ cup                                          Rice Milk

1 tsp                                Vanilla Extract

-Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.

-Whisk together all your dry ingredients.

-Combine all the wet ingredients and slowly add them to the wet.

-Grease up your sheet pan with butter or pan spray.

-Bake for 15 to 18 minutes.

Frosting:

½ cup                              Vegan Butter ( Soy Free Earthbalance is what I used)

2 TB                                            Cocoa Powder

3 Tb                                             Rice Milk

½ cup                                         Powdered Sugar

Topper:

1 cup                             Chopped Peanuts

-Combine the melted butter, cocoa powder, rice milk and powdered sugar together.

-Whisk until smooth and lump free.

-Frost the cake while it’s warm. The add the chopped peanuts.