Monday, February 18, 2008

Chocolatiest Chocolate Cake

Does anybody else (in my family) remember when Jill made this for us when she lived with us in the Burg?
Jill's Hershey Chocolate Cake

2 cup sugar
1 3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 tsp bkg soda
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt

2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup boiling water

Combine dry ingredients and set aside. Mix eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to wet mixture and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake 4350 for 30-35 minutes.

Hershey Frosting:
1/2 cup butter or marg
2/3 cup cocoa
3 cup powder sugar
1/3 cup milk
1 tsp vanilla
Melt butter. Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spread consistency. Add more powdered sugar to thicken frosting if needed. Stir in vanilla.

1 comment:

The Probert Family said...

I just remember how obsessed you were with this cake. I'll have to make it to refresh my memory of it's goodness.