Hersheys Chocolate Cake

    Chocolate Cake:

• Adapted from Hershey’s
• 2 cups sugar
•  1 & 3/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
•  1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
•  1 teaspoon salt
•  2 eggs
• 1 cup milk or heavy Cream
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
•  2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water

• 1 cup cream cheese
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar

    For the Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream:

• 3/4 cup of butter
• 3/4 cup of cream cheese
• 1 & 3/4 cups Hersheys cocoa powder
• 5 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons whole Milk
•  2 teaspoons vanilla extract

INSTRUCTIONS:

    Hersheys Chocolate Cake:

First, preheat your oven to 350F.

Spray 3 round cake pans with cooking spray

Dust the pans lightly with flour, set aside.

In a Large mixing bowl or kitchenaid mixer combine the Flour, Hersheys cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and the salt.

Add in the milk, oil, eggs and the vanilla extract & mix until everything is thoroughly incorporated. Once all combined, stir in the boiling water last; mix again, the batter will be very thin.