[[!meta title="Chocolate Cake"]]

Adapted from Hershey's Chocolate

3750 cal/recipe

## Ingredients

+ 2 c granulated sugar
+ 1 3/4 c all-purpose flour
+ 3/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
+ 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
+ 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
+ 1 tsp salt
+ 2 large eggs
+ 1 c milk or buttermilk
+ 1/2 c vegetable oil
+ 2 tsp vanilla extract
+ 1 c very hot coffee or water

## Directions

+ Preheat the oven to 350 F.
+ Grease and flour 2 9-inch round cake pans.
+ Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
+ Beat eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla in an electric mixer.
+ Add dry ingredients to egg mixture and beat all on medium speed for 3 minutes.
+ Stir hot coffee into batter on low speed until just incorporated.
+ Divide batter among prepared pans and place pans in oven.
+ Bake batter for about 35 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
+ Remove pans from oven and cool on wire rack for 10 minutes.
+ Invert pans onto wire rack to drop cakes and cool cakes completely before frosting. 

## Note
A different flavor of extract can be used (in place of vanilla) to add a different dimension to the cake. Examples include Kahlua, orange, or almond.
Some eaters like to lightly sprinkle flaky salt on top of the frosted cake for a lovely visual display and a tangy counterpart to the sweetness.

[[!tag cake chocolate buttermilk coffee]]