{"id":820,"date":"2009-07-17T07:05:03","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T07:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/07\/cooking-with-christian-music-t.html"},"modified":"2009-07-17T07:05:03","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T07:05:03","slug":"cooking-with-christian-music-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/gospelsoundcheck\/2009\/07\/cooking-with-christian-music-t.html","title":{"rendered":"Cooking With Christian Music: Texas Sheet Cake from Jonny Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"mattdiazjonnydiaz.jpg\"<\/span>Music fans have been buzzing about Jonny Diaz’s new album More Beautiful You, and especially about the title cut and video.
\nWhen Jonny Diaz headed off to Florida State University in 2002 on a baseball scholarship, it looked like he’d follow in the footsteps of his brothers, who all attended college on baseball scholarships; his older brother Matt Diaz is currently the left fielder for the Atlanta Braves.
\nBut God had other plans. The baseball player turned musician is out with his first label debut – following up three indie projects – and fans are taking notice. The title song and video from the album, “More Beautiful You,” <\/a>is turning heads for it’s positive message to women about beauty and identity. “The idea that they need to look a certain way in order to be feel beautiful is completely false,” Diaz explains. “Through this song I hope to get the attention of females and tell them the truth found in God’s word, that there could never be a more beautiful you!”
\nBut enough about music. In our weekly Cooking With Christian Music feature, Jonny shares a recipe for his favorite Texas Sheet Cake.<\/p>\n


\nPreheat oven to 400\u00b0
\nGrease and flour ~16″ x 11″ baking sheet with sides
\nIn a saucepan:
\nMelt 1 cup butter
\nAdd:
\n3 \u00bd TBSP cocoa
\n1 cup water
\nBring to a boil and remove from heat.
\nIn a separate bowl, combine:
\n2 cups of flour
\n2 cups of sugar
\nPour contents of saucepan into contents of bowl and beat well.
\nIn another bowl, beat:
\n2 eggs
\n1 tsp soda
\n1 tsp cinnamon
\n1 tsp vanilla
\n\u00bd cup buttermilk
\nCombine all ingredients and pour into baking sheet.
\nBake ~20 minutes.
\nICING
\nIn saucepan:
\nMelt \u00bd cup butter
\nAdd:
\n3 \u00bd TBSP cocoa
\n1\/3 cup milk
\nBring to a boil and remove from heat.
\nStir in:
\n1 box (1lb) of confectioners sugar
\n1 tsp. vanilla
\n1 cup of nuts (optional – and Jonny doesn’t like them!)
\nIce while cake is still hot. As Jonny’s says, “YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
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