Chocolate Cake

I came across this wonderfully moist cake for my daughters first birthday.  Its now my go-to chocolate cake recipe.  I always get great compliments when I serve it!

Chocolate Cake
Hershey's Recipe

1 (9 x 14) cake

2 (8 or 9") square or round cakes

24 cupcakes

Ingredients:

 3/4 c cocoa

1 c very hot water or coffee

1/2 c butter

2 c sugar

3 eggs

1 t vanilla

1 3/4 c flour

1 1/2 t baking soda

1/4 t salt

1 c milk

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350*  Grease and line pans if removing from pan later

2.  Mix cocoa with water/coffee, stir until smooth, set aside to cool.

3.  In mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy

4. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, add vanilla with last egg.

5. Add cocoa mixture.

6.  In another bowl, mix flour, soda, and salt. 

7.  Add alternately the flour mixture and milk

8.  Pour batter into pans

9.  Bake 30-35 minutes

10.  Cool 10 minutes.  Remove from pans to wire rack, cool completely.