Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
2 Cups White Sugar
1 ¾ Cups All-Purpose Flour
¾ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 ½ Teaspoons Baking Soda
1 ½ Teaspoons Baking Powder
1 Teaspoon Salt
2 Eggs
1 Cup Milk
½ Cup Vegetable Oil
2 Teaspoons Vanilla Extract
Frosting:
1 Cup Boiling Water
¾ Cup Butter
1 ½ Cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
5 ⅓ Cups Confectioners’ Sugar
⅔ Cup Milk
1 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
Direction
Step 1 Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
Step 2 Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the 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.
Step 3 Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.
Step 4 To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners’ sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.
Step 5 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.