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Deep Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
2 c. sugar
1 3/4 c. flour
3/4 c. cocoa
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
2 eggs
1 c. milk
1/2 c. oil
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. boiling water

FROSTING
6 Tbsp. butter, softened
2/3 c. cocoa
2 2/3 c. powdered sugar
1/3 c. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
Directions:
Directions:
Combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt. Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Mix for 2 minutes. Add boiling water and stir, batter will be thin. Pour into greased and floured 9x13 pan. Bake at 350º for 35-40 minutes until toothpick comes out clean.


Frosting: Cream butter. Add cocoa and powdered sugar and alternate with milk. Beat to spreading consistency and blend in vanilla.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This was the recipe Suzanne Roosevelt gave us for our wedding. It is the only chocolate cake I make anymore. She said it was the best chocolate cake recipe she had found. It was on the Hershey's Cocoa can.

 

 

 

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