rich chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting

Ingredients For rich chocolate cake with cream cheese frosting

• 2 c

  white sugar
• 1 3/4 c

  all purpose flour
• 3/4 c

  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 tsp

  baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp

  baking soda
• 1 tsp

  salt
• 2

  eggs
• 1 c

  milk
• 1/2 c

  vegetable oil
• 2 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 2 pkg

  cream cheese softened
• 2 c

  confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 c

  butter, softened
• 1 tsp

  vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 tsp

  instant coffee granules - 1 cup boiling water (**with 1 and 1/2 teaspoons instant coffee granules–this was my change because i remember reading somewhere that coffee complements/brings out the flavor of chocolate–and it sure did)