Hershey's Chocolate Cake With Frosting

By á-5409

One night I was craving chocolate cake, but we didn't have a mix and I didn't feel like going to the store. I looked on the back of a box of Hershey's Cocoa and found this recipe. It is just a basic chocolate cake with chocolate frosting, but it is DIVINE. My husband and I both LOVE it and think it is the best cake ever. I will never make chocolate cake from a box again.

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 2/3 cup cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Directions:

1 CAKE DIRECTIONS: Heat oven to 350 degrees.

2 Combine dry ingredients in large bowl.

3 Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla.

4 Beat on medium speed 2 minutes.

5 Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).

6 Pour into 2 greased and floured 9" round pans.

7 Bake 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

8 Cool 10 minutes, then remove to wire racks and cool completely.

9 Frost with "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting.

10 This also makes about 30 cupcakes.

11 FROSTING DIRECTIONS: Melt butter.

12 Stir in cocoa.

13 Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating on medium speed to spreading consistency.

14 Add more milk, if needed.