Hershey's Deep Dark Chocolate Cake

Hershey's Deep Dark Chocolate Cake

Serves 8-10

Ingredients

2 cups sugar (try Baker's Sugar, it's awesome)

1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa

1.5 tsp baking powder

1.5 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 tsp vanilla

1 cup boiling water

Instructions:

1. Grease and flour 2 9" round or 1 13"x9"x2" pan (Try Wilton Cake Release. Seriously. It works just as well and is much faster.)
2. In a large mixer, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Blend well.
3. Add the eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla.
4. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
5. Stir in the boiling water. The batter will be thin. 
6. Pour into the pans.
7. Bake 30-35 minutes for round pans. 35-40 minutes for rectangle.
8. Cool 10 minutes on wire rack, then remove cakes from pans onto the wire rack.

This is my go-to cake recipe that my Grandma passed on to me. It is from the Hershey Company, and is still listed on their website. If you have never baked a cake before, I recommend this one. Try it with the Hershey Chocolate Butter-cream Frosting.