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HERSHEY'S "Especially Dark" Chocolate Cake

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup boiling water
  • "ESPECIALLY DARK" CHOCOLATE FROSTING (recipe follows)

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

  2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.

  3. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with "ESPECIALLY DARK" CHOCOLATE FROSTING. 10 to 12 servings.


    "ESPECIALLY DARK" CHOCOLATE FROSTING

    1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
    2/3 cup HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
    3 cups powdered sugar
    1/3 cup milk
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract

    Melt butter, Stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency. Add small amount additional milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla. About 2 cups frosting.


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klchandler10/21/2010 1:13:26 PM

I always get rave reviews for this cake. Tastes great with a peanut butter frosting too!

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wolfruler14004/28/2010 11:58:43 PM

This is the BEST chocolate cake I have ever had. I am not a chocolate person, but this was fantasmic!!!! My Family loves it, a cake lasts maybe a day!

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sara.swecker4/6/2010 5:57:32 PM

Wonderful! Will satisfy the chocolate cravings! (Also easy to half the recipe for a one-layer cake...I've even quartered it on occasion, when I needed a chocolate fix.)

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lilneyney4/5/2010 2:53:17 PM

This was the best chocolate cake I ever made and ate!! I made it yesterday and someone already requested for me to make it again this weekend. This cake was incredibly moist!

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mkc38889/26/2009 4:12:02 PM

the only problem I had with this cake was the frosting it was a little thin, I may have donw something wrong but not sure. The cake however was moist and delicious.

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mkc38889/15/2009 11:16:45 PM

This was an awesome cake recipe! I made it into 22 cupcakes and they were great. The only problem I had was that the frosting was too thin but very tasty

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tlphete9/14/2009 10:32:52 AM

Whenever my family ask me to bake a cake, it is this cake. It is a non-fail cake, excellent in texure and taste. I also enjoy baking it. Using the finest ingre. I bake it in a 9 x 12 pan, sheet cake. I also add pecans to the frosting for a Texas taste.

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cindicat2/23/2009 12:05:15 PM

This recipe is similar to Hershey's Black Magic Cake which is to DIE for. I am looking forward to using the chocolate frosting recipe on that.

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marlonsjan9/28/2008 11:56:00 AM

My family loved this recipe. One of my sons said it was like having a Hershey bar melt in your mouth. This cake is very moist. I took it to school and it was gone before lunch!

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