Hershey’s Perfect Chocolate Cake

 

100 recipes in 100 days!!  Here is celebration recipe 100!

Not only am I celebrating finishing this challenge, but I also reached 10 millions views on my blog last week.  Thus, a large cake.  You know I love cake.

Thank you so much for reading along and encouraging me.  And don’t you worry, I will still be posting several times a week.  I sure love cooking……and even more than that, I love the eating.

Hershey’s Perfect Chocolate Cake

*recipe from Hershey’s*

2 cups granulated sugar

1 3/4 cup flour

3/4 cup Hershey’s Special Dark Cocoa

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

1 cup boiling water

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour 2 9 inch round cake pans

2. In a large mixing bowl, stir together the first six ingredients (sugar through salt).  Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.  Stir in boiling water.  The batter will be thin.  Pour in to prepared pans and bake for 35-40 minutes.  Allow cakes to cool slightly before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely.

3. Frost with One Bowl Chocolate Frosting

One Bowl Chocolate Frosting

6 Tbsp butter, soft to room temp

2 2/3 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup cocoa

1/3 cup heavy whipping cream

1 tsp vanilla extract

1. In a medium bowl, mix all ingredients and beat with an electric mixer.