The Quintessential Chocolate Cake!

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• 6 tablespoons butter, softened
• 2 2/3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350 f.
• 2 grease and flour two 9-inch round pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• 3 stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
• 4 add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of electric mixer 2 minutes.
• 5 stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).
• 6 pour batter into prepared pans.
• 7 bake 30 to 35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• 8 cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks.
• 9 cool completely.
• 10 (cake may be left in rectangular pan, if desired.) frost with one-bowl buttercream frosting.
• 11 to make one-bowl buttercream frosting: beat butter in medium bowl.
• 12 add confectioners' sugar and cocoa alternately with milk, beating to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed).
• 13 stir in vanilla.