Name: Back-of-the-Box Hershey's Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: White sugar - 2 cups; All-purpose flour - 1 ¾ cups; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ¾ cup; Baking soda - 1 ½ teaspoons; Baking powder - 1 ½ teaspoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Eggs - 2 large; Milk - 1 cup; Vegetable oil - ½ cup; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Boiling water - 1 cup; Unsalted butter, at room temperature - ¾ cup; Confectioners' sugar - 5 ⅓ cups; Unsweetened cocoa powder - 1 ½ cups; Milk - ⅔ cup; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

Ingredients for - Back-of-the-Box Hershey's Chocolate Cake

1. White sugar 2 cups

2. All-purpose flour 1 ¾ cups

3. Unsweetened cocoa powder ¾ cup

4. Baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons

5. Baking powder 1 ½ teaspoons

6. Salt 1 teaspoon

7. Eggs 2 large

8. Milk 1 cup

9. Vegetable oil ½ cup

10. Vanilla extract 2 teaspoons

11. Boiling water 1 cup

12. Unsalted butter, at room temperature ¾ cup

13. Confectioners' sugar 5 ⅓ cups

14. Unsweetened cocoa powder 1 ½ cups

15. Milk ⅔ cup

16. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Back-of-the-Box Hershey's Chocolate Cake

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

2 . Stage

Make cake: Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

3 . Stage

Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla; mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in boiling water by hand. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

4 . Stage

Pour evenly into the prepared pans. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

5 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

6 . Stage

While cakes cool, make frosting: Cream butter with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in confectioners' sugar and cocoa alternately with milk and vanilla. Beat to a smooth spreading consistency. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

7 . Stage

Split the layers of the cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

8 . Stage

Frost the outside of the cake with remaining frosting. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios

9 . Stage

Enjoy! DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS