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Brookie recipe

This Texas sheet cake recipe for a 9 brookie recipe 13 pan is a small batch version of the classic! Super moist and light chocolate cake is topped with chocolate fudge candy frosting and toasted pecans.

Use the links below to jump to different sections in the post! However, traditional Texas sheet cake recipes serve a crowd. Many recipes instruct you to make the cake in a 13 x 18-inch jelly roll pan. However, this recipe makes a half batch for a smaller group. I instruct you to bake the cake in a more accessible 9 x 13-inch sheet pan! I spent my high school years! Often times, during community events like school sports games and fundraisers, neighborhood socializers, and church events, I’d often spy a large Texas sheet cake on the potluck table.

Where is Texas sheet cake from? Despite its name, Texas sheet cake might not actually come from Texas. In fact, its origin is somewhat of a mystery! But there are enough folks arguing that Texas sheet cake, in fact, actually does come from Texas.