Hershey's Chocolate Cake
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Hershey's Chocolate Cake
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Hershey's Chocolate Cake - moist with the silkiest milk chocolate frosting ever! I've made many chocolate cake recipes but always come back to this recipe every time.
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Ingredients
Cake:
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 3/4 /4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 /4 cup cocoa powder Hershey's brand
- 1 1/2 /2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 /2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 egg
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 /2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup water boiling
Frosting:
- 1/2 /2 cup butter
- 2/3 /3 cup cocoa powder Hershey's brand
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 /3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
- Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla to the dry ingredients; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting.
- To make "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting: Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.
- One Pan Cake: Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Heat oven to 350 F. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 35 to 40 minutes. Cool completely. Frost.
- Three Layer Cake: Grease and flour three 8-inch round baking pans. Heat oven to 350 F. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost.
- Cupcakes: Line muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) with paper bake cups. Heat oven to 350 F. Fill cups 2/3 full with batter. Bake 22 to 25 minutes. Cool completely. Frost. About 30 cupcakes.
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