Deep Dark Chocolate Cake

by Michelle
(Richmond, Canada)

Our family has made this for years. Then someone said it tasted like their family's "Hershey's Cake" so I looked it up, and it's the same. Photo is from the Hershey's website.

Ingredients:

* 2 cups sugar
* 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
* 3/4 cup cocoa powder
* 1-1/2 tsp baking powder
* 1-1/2 tsp baking soda
* 1 tsp salt
* 2 eggs
* 1 cup milk
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil
* 2 tsp vanilla extract
* 1 cup boiling water

Directions:
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

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 electric mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. (Cake may be left in rectangular pan, if desired.)

Frosting:
6 tbsp butter, softened
2-2/3 cups powdered sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla extract

Beat butter in medium bowl. Add powdered sugar and cocoa alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed). Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.