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Hershey Chocolate Cake Recipe

(this is one of my favorite recipes, I don’t fuck with the classics)

2 cups granulated sugar

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup cocoa powder

1 1/2 tsp-baking powder

1 1/2 tsp-baking soda

1 tsp-salt

2 eggs (at room temp)

1 cup milk (at room temp)

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 tsp-vanilla extract

1 cup-boiling water

DIRECTIONS

  • Preheat the oven to 350°F

  • Grease and flour (or use Pam, I do and it works just fine) three 6 inch round pans or 2 eight inch round pans

  • Combine sugar with flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. 
    Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. 

  • Beat with an electric mixer, set to medium speed, for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Divide batter evenly between prepared pans. 

  • Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove cakes from pans to a rack; cool completely. Wrap with Saran Wrap & keep in fridge over night. Trust me, it tastes & works better the next day after it’s been chilled.


    Wilton Frosting

    (cuz again, I don’t fuck with the classics)

  • 1 cup unsalted butter

  • 1 cup shortening (get over yourself if shortening freaks you out, use organic shortening, the lesser of 2 evils)

  • pinch of salt

  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

  • 8 cups sifted powdered sugar

  • 3 Tablespoons Heavy Cream (or more it really just depends…)

    Beat the hell out of the butter, shortening & pinch of salt. Add Vanilla extract & beat again.
    Add the powdered sugar, 4 cups at a time & blend well, if it is super thick, add 1 Tablespoon of heavy cream just until it’s slightly thinned out enough to add the remaining 4 cups of powdered sugar. Adding 1 Tablespoon of Heavy Cream at a time to thin out as needed.
    Keep in an airtight container (I even put a layer of Saran Wrap on top of the frosting and then the lid) Gotta keep that air out.

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Paulette Goto