Homemade Chocolate Cake
By
Amy Herald
@Meave
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My daughter wanted a chocolate cake for her 14th Birthday. I was going to buy a mix, but then my Mom told me about this recipe from Hershey she found. It makes a very rich and moist chocolate cake and the frosting comes out just perfect!
Ingredients
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FOR THE CAKE
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2 csugar
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1 3/4 call-purpose flour
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3/4 ccocoa
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1 1/2 tspbaking powder
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1 1/2 tspbaking soda
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1 tspsalt
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2eggs
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1 cmilk
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1/2 cvegetable oil
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2 tspvanilla extract
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1 cboiling water
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4 cchocolate frosting
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FOR THE FROSTING
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1 stickbutter
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2/3 ccocoa
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3 cpowdered sugar
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1/3 cmilk
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1 tspvanilla extract
How to Make Homemade Chocolate Cake
- 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; 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 chocolate frosting.
- FOR THE 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. About 2 cups frosting.
- For a 13x9x2-inch baking pan, bake 34-40 min. minutes.
- For a 3 layer cake using 8-inch round pans, bake 30 to 35
- For cup cakes, bake 22 to 25 minutes.
