Hershey's Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

 

 

This pink and chocolate cake looks so pretty.

 

Hershey's Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake

 

Ingredients

• 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) butter or margarine, softened
• 1-2/3 cupssugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
• 2 cupsall-purpose flour
• 2/3 cupHERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1-1/4 teaspoonsbaking soda
• 1 teaspoonsalt
• 1/4 teaspoonbaking powder
• 1-1/3 cupswater
• 1/2 cup finely crushed hard peppermint candy (optional)
• ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING (recipe follows)
• Additional crushed hard peppermint candy (optional)

Directions

1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
2. 2 Combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl; beat on high speed of mixer 3 minutes. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt and baking powder; add alternately with water to butter mixture, beating until blended. Add candy, if desired. Pour batter into prepared pans.
3. 3 Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
    

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES: Fill paper-lined muffin cups (2-1/2 inches in diameter) 2/3 full with batter.

Bake at 350°F for 20 to 25 minutes; cool. Frost. About 2-1/2 dozen cupcakes 

Since I am not feeding 30 people this cake and because I do not wish to gain 300 lbs. I think one layer made flat and cut with ring molds would be better.