Perfectly Recipe ∗ "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" Chocolate Cake

Chocolate cake that melts in your mouth for the best chocolate delight every time.

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup HERSHEY®'S Cocoa Powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• ½ cup butter or margarine
• ⅓ cup HERSHEY®'S Cocoa Powder
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• ⅓ cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cooking Directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
5. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.

Nutrition Facts

• calories527.6
• carbohydrateContent84.4 g
• cholesterolContent53.5 mg
• fatContent19.4 g
• fiberContent2.4 g
• proteinContent5.8 g
• saturatedFatContent6.7 g
• sodiumContent490.7 mg
• sugarContent64.2 g