"perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake and Frosting

10 Servings
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This is based on a recipe from the Hershey's Cocoa box and it's a great chocolate cake recipe! This is "health food" because cocoa contains antioxidants! :)

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"perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake and Frosting Ingredients

2 cups Sugar	1/2 cup Vegetable oil
1 3/4 cups All purpose flour	2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
3/4 cup Hershey's Cocoa	1 cup Freshly brewed hot coffee
1 1/2 teaspoon Baking powder	1 stick Butter or margarine
1 1/2 teaspoon Baking soda	2/3 cup Hershey's Cocoa
1 teaspoon Salt	3 cups Powdered sugar
2 Eggs	1/3 cup Milk
1 cup Milk	1 teaspoon Vanilla extract

Instructions for "perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake and Frosting

Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray two 9 inch round baking pans with non stick cooking spray. Combine first 6 dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in the hot coffee and mix well with a spoon (batter will be thin). Pour batter into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until wooden toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and then remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely before frosting.

Frosting:
Melt the butter and stir in the cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating on medium speed to spreading consistancy. Add more milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.

Main Ingredient: CakeCuisine: American

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I don't really like chocolate cake but I made this for my husbands birthday and it was very good.

jhanby
on Mar 4 2008 3:24PM

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Easy,fast, and PERFECT! Great recipe. :)

CayceQuilter
on Jan 14 2008 4:15PM

My grandmother used to make this cake and I adored it! I am happy to have found her (Hershey's) recipe and will try it soon. Adding coffee to chocolate always increases the overall chocolate flavor without actually making something taste like coffee. It's a great trick when baking anything chocolate!