Hershey's Chocolate Cake
Only the best chocolate cake recipe out there!
Servings: 12 servings
Ingredients
CAKE:
- 2 cups granulated white sugar
- 1¾ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup Hershey's unsweetened cocoa
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1½ teaspoons salt
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup vegetable or canola oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
FROSTING:
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter
- ⅔ cup Hershey's unsweetened cocoa
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
PREPARE THE CAKE:
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; use an electric mixer to beat for 2 minutes. Stir in the water (batter will be thin). Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from the pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
PREPARE THE FROSTING:
- Melt the butter. Stir in the cocoa. Alternately add sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add a small amount of additional milk, if needed. Stir in the vanilla.
Notes
- *Double the frosting recipe if you'd like a good amount of frosting to work with. Pictures in this post show a cake with double the amount of frosting.
- ONE PAN: You can bake this same cake batter in a 9x13-inch pan (greased and floured) for 35 to 40 minutes.
- CUPCAKES: Put cupcake papers in a muffin pan, fill each 2/3 full with batter, and bake 22 to 25 minutes
- BUNDT: Grease and flour a tube pan, fill with cake batter and bake 50 to 55 minutes.
- THREE LAYERS: Grease and flour three 8-inch pans. Divide batter evenly between the pans and bake 30 to 35 minutes.
Nutrition
Serving: 1slice | Calories: 512kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 524mg | Potassium: 280mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 64g | Vitamin A: 343IU | Calcium: 78mg | Iron: 2mg