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

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

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30 min.

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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