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'Perfectly Chocolate' Chocolate Cake and Frosting
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'Perfectly Chocolate' Chocolate Cake and Frosting

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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! :)

 "This recipe was so simple and completely delicious! What a moist and fluffy cake. My hubby and I couldn't help ourselves when it was all done. You couldn't taste the coffee, just rich chocolate. The batter was very thin and I was skeptical, but it baked perfectly. I used a different frosting however. This will be my go to chocolate cake recipe from now on.

To the poster who took 5 hours to make this cake, I can't imagine what your "staff" was doing for 5 hours!" - vwbug405

Yield: 10 Servings Ready in 1 hours

Cuisine: AmericanMain Ingredient: Cake

(4.7, 159) 90% would make again (reviews)

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Verified by stevemur

Servings          
Original recipe makes 10 Servings
2 cupsSugar
1 3/4 cupsAll purpose flour
3/4 cupHershey's Cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoonBaking Powder
1 1/2 teaspoonBaking soda
1 teaspoonSalt
2 largeEggs
1 cupmilk
1/2 cupVegetable oil
2 teaspoonVanilla extract
1 cuphot coffee; Freshly brewed
1 stickButter or margarine; unsalted recommended
2/3 cupHershey's Cocoa
3 cupsPowdered sugar
1/3 cupmilk
1 teaspoonVanilla extract

'Perfectly Chocolate' Chocolate Cake and Frosting Preparation

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.

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    • Calories Per Serving: 561
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    'Perfectly Chocolate' Chocolate Cake and Frosting Reviews

    Give it a rating Would you make it again?   [please sign in to add your comment]
    Made this cake! half of it stayed home for my family and the other half went to work, It ws all eaten the same day. great recipe Hersheys and Beachbumette!
    5 hours, 8 minutes ago
    Awesome!Really it is very nice cake.
    9 hours, 25 minutes ago
    This cake is the best I've ever taste....my family prefers this cake over the boxed brand. I make this cake 2 or 3 times a month; it's awesome!!!
    13 hours, 15 minutes ago
    I just made this cake! It was so easy to make! Very moist and so much flavor! Will make again!!!
    4 days, 12 hours, 13 minutes ago
    5 days, 6 hours, 37 minutes ago
    This is a amazing cake. I will be making this a lot more.everyone needs to try this.
    2 weeks, 4 days, 3 hours, 13 minutes ago
    Best chocolate cake I have ever made.
    2 weeks, 4 days, 18 hours, 16 minutes ago
    This cake was great! So much flavor!
    1 months, 1 weeks, 3 days, 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
    My new favorite cake!! This cake was so deliciously rich and moist and so very yummy! This recipe is going right into my personal collection, thanks for posting!! :)
    1 months, 3 weeks, 11 hours, 16 minutes ago
    Delicious! Moist! Better than boxed :) The frosting is something my family prefers to store bought. I've already made it twice.
    1 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 27 minutes ago
    2 months, 4 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes ago
    2 months, 1 weeks, 1 days, 6 hours, 31 minutes ago
    2 months, 1 weeks, 6 days, 12 hours, 55 minutes ago
    It was the best! Will have to do it again and again
    2 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 2 hours, 36 minutes ago
    Made this for one of the girls I care for as it was her birthday and it turned out brilliant. I just used cadburys cocoa powder and didn't use as much sugar as we have to watch sugar levels ;). It was really light and not too rich but wonderfully moist. Thanks for sharing!
    2 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 18 hours, 30 minutes ago
    Simply the best! I followed the recipe.
    2 months, 3 weeks, 4 days, 12 hours, 29 minutes ago
    This recipe is so yummy! It tastes exactly like a boxed cake mix but the ingredients I already had. For those in places where you can't get Hersey's, like me, I just used rich cocoa powder. Also, instead of the coffee I used hot chocolate and it tastes brilliant! Will definitely be making this again and again!
    3 months, 3 weeks, 3 days, 12 hours, 19 minutes ago
    I made this for the first time last saturday....all I can say is awesome! Now all I need to do is find the perfect butter cream icing.
    3 months, 4 weeks, 11 hours, 49 minutes ago
    4 months, 1 weeks, 5 days, 8 hours, 44 minutes ago
    This cake came out super moist! Fair warning that one could die from a chocolate overdose eating this! My husband and I would share a slice with a big glass a milk and it was amazing!
    4 months, 2 weeks, 4 days, 21 hours, 2 minutes ago

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