Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Chocolate Cake
 
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No adaptations here - this is the recipe from the back of the Hershey's Cocoa box :)
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 10-12
Ingredients
  • 2 c. sugar
  • 1¾ c. all-purpose flour
  • ¾ c. Hershey's Cocoa
  • 1½ tsp. baking powder
  • 1½ tsp. baking soda
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 c. milk
  • ½ c. vegetable oil
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 c. boiling water
"Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting
  • ½ c. (1 stick) butter or margarine (unsalted butter is always best!)
  • ⅔ c. Hershey's Cocoa
  • 3 c. powdered sugar
  • ⅓ c. milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
  3. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl; add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla and beat on medium speed 2 minutes.
  4. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin); pour into pans.
  5. Bake 30-35 min or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
  6. Cool 10 min.; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
  7. Frost with "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Frosting.
Frosting:
  1. Melt butter. Stir in cocoa.
  2. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
  3. Add small amount of additional milk, if needed.
  4. Stir in vanilla.
  5. Yields about 2 cups.
Notes
1) I made cupcakes using 2.5" diameter muffin tins filled with paper baking cups. I filled each cup about two thirds and baked 22-25 minutes.
Recipe by My Delicious Blog at https://www.mydeliciousblog.com/hersheys-chocolate-cake/