What can I say? This is my go to cake and so easy to make! My first memory was more than 20 years ago, my sister-in-law, Anne, made this and I just had to have the recipe! She has since passed away and I always remember her when I make this wonderfully moist cake!
Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour a 9x13 pan.
Stir together: 2 c. sugar, 1 3/4 c. flour, 3/4 c. unsweetened Hershey's cocoa (I used a dutch processed cocoa, it makes it darker), 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder, 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda, and
1 tsp. salt- in large bowl. Add 2 eggs, 1 c. milk, 1/2 c. vegetable oil (can use 1/2 c. melted butter, instead, it makes it more dense), 2 tsp. vanilla-beat on medium for 2 min., then add 1 c. boiling water and stir, batter will be thin! Pour into prepared pan and bake 35 to 40 min. or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely and frost.
Hershey's Perfect Chocolate Frosting: 1/2 c. butter (1 cube), melt- then add 3/4 c. unsweetened cocoa (can also use 1/2 c. instead)-mix, now add 3 c. of powdered sugar and 1/3 c. milk (I used evaporated milk) alternately until desired consistency, then stir in 1 tsp. vanilla.
Makes 2 cups frosting. Frost cake and can add sprinkles to decorate.
**to make gluten free use 2 c gluten-free flour blend and 2/3 c. cocoa and reduce water to 3/4 c. I haven't tried this but read from a review on the Hershey site.
Thank you for your positive comment on my essential oils post and I agree about all of the hype. Though I am grateful that doTERRA has at least given people an interest in alternative medicine, it just good to be informed. Do you know what kind your niece uses? I know that not all oils are the same and if they are too cheap they most definitely have fillers or are processed/distilled very differently from YL's.
ReplyDeleteLove your blog btw... these recipes all look so incredibly delicious!
Hi McKenna, I know your parents and love you mom! She uses I think they are called the garden of eden oils, she has an energy center in Wyoming she was a Young Living Distributor, and couldn't afford all of their oils, so she found these and liked them quite well. Yes I agree that it is good to find out about other ways of healing. -- thanks I'm hoping Stephen will help me make this blog more user friendly when he gets out of school in May he is my computer master!
ReplyDeletewhoops I forgot how much vanilla in the frosting-- 1tsp.
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