Best Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

 

Chocolate Buttercream Frosting: 

• 3/4 cup butter
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 5 1/3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch cake pans.
2. In a medium-size bowl, mix together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.
3. Bake for 25-30 minutes, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Allow cake to cool completely before frosting.
4. Frosting: Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.
5. Cover the top of each layer with frosting and stack onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake and decorate as desired.