Hershey's Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients

Cake:

2 cups sugar
1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
¾ cup HERSHEY®’S Cocoa Powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
½ cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

“PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” Chocolate Frosting:

½ cup butter or margarine
⅔ cup HERSHEY®’S Cocoa Powder
3 cups powdered sugar
⅓ cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

• Step 1

Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

• Step 2

Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

• Step 3

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with “PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” CHOCOLATE FROSTING.

• Step 4

“PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE” CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.

• Step 5

Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.