Celebration Chocolate Cake
Equipment
- 9-inch round baking pans
- oven
- wax paper
- wooden picks
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup dairy sour cream
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Grease three 9-inch round baking pans.
- Line bottoms with wax paper; grease and flour paper.
- Mix cocoa with boiling water in small bowl; stir until smooth.
- Set aside to cool.
- Beat butter and sugar in large bowl until fluffy.
- Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Gradually add cocoa mixture, beating well.
- Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternately with milk and sour cream to butter mixture, beating until blended.
- Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans to wire racks; carefully peel off wax paper.
- Cool completely.
- Frost as desired.