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Cakes and Frostings

Deliciously Decadent Cake

Yield
Two 9-inch layers
Cook
30–50 minutes
Difficulty
Moderate

01

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water

02

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9" cake pans.
  2. In large mixing bowl stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Add milk, eggs, oil, and vanilla. Beat on medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in water. (Batter will be thin.) Pour batter evenly into prepared pans. Bake 30-50 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pans to wire racks. Cool complete
  3. Prepare one bowl butter cream frosting. Spread between layers, on top and sides of cake.

Transcribed from Cakes.docx, page 1.