Hershey's Extreme Chocolate Cake

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Here’s a cake for the extreme chocolate lover. Either you are one or you know one! Split the layers to make more room for the rich chocolate frosting.

Ingredients

• CAKE:
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• FROSTING:
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 5 1/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

CAKE:

Preheat oven to 350°F.

Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.

In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt.

Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla Mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer.

Stir in the boiling water by hand.

Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.

Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.

FROSTING:

Cream butter until light and fluffy.

Stir in cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.

TO FROST:

Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally. Cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.