Hershey's Chocolate Cake Recipe
Tender Hershey's chocolate cake is decadent and flavorful - a most requested dessert! It's a show-stopper, perfect for sharing.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups sugar
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup Hershey's cocoa
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
Icing
- ½ cup butter melted
- ⅔ cup Hershey's cocoa
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup half and half
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch baking pans.
- In a large bowl, mix together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla and beat with a hand mixer until smooth and combined (about 2 minutes).
- Stir in boiling water and mix. Then, pour the batter evenly into the prepared pans.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes in pans and then remove to wire racks to finish cooling.
- While cake is cooling, make frosting by beating together melted butter, cocoa, powdered sugar, and half and half until it is a spreading consistency. Stir in vanilla, then frost the cooled cake.
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Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 437kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 11g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 432mg | Potassium: 275mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 64g | Vitamin A: 333IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 75mg | Iron: 2mg