Dark Chocolate Cake
This is the perfect cake for chocolate lovers
and makes a very moist cake.
Yields: two 9’’ cakes
Ingredients:
· 2 cups sugar
· 1 ¾ cup flour
· ¾ cup dark cocoa powder
· 1 ½ teaspoons baking
powder
· 1 ½ teaspoons baking
soda
· 1 teaspoon salt
· 2 eggs
· 1 cup milk
· ½ cup vegetable oil
· 2 teaspoons vanilla
extract
· ¾ cup boiling water
Directions:
· Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and dust two round 9’’ cake pans with cocoa
powder.
· In a large mixing bowl
combine dry ingredients, mix well.
· Add eggs, milk,
vegetable oil and vanilla extract and beat at medium speed for two minutes.
· Add boiling water and
stir by hand.
· Pour in to a prepared
pan.
· Bake for 30-35 minutes
or until your pick comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan for at least 10
minutes before removing and placing on wire rack to cool completely.
· Before adding frosting,
be sure your cake is completely cool and free of crumbs.
