Chocolate Cake

Typically, when given a choice, I'll always choose vanilla over chocolate.   Ice cream, cake, warm beverage (yes, I prefer vanilla milk to hot chocolate... you should try it... mmmmm), you name it, vanilla has my name written all over it. 

But.... there is one chocolate cake that I actually like... and you can find the recipe on the Hershey's cocoa box!



Yep.  They make a good cake.

Hershey's Chocolate Cake - Adapted from Hershey's

1 1/4 C sugar
1 3/4 C flour
3/4 C cocoa (Hershey's Special Dark is amazing)
1 tsp. salt
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg
1 C milk
1/4 C oil (or melted butter)
1/4 C applesauce
1 C boiling water

Combine together the dry ingredients.  Mix well.



Then, add the egg, milk, oil/applesauce and vanilla.  Mix with a mixer for about 2 minutes.  This mix will be really thick at this point.





Boil some water and carefully pour into the batter.  Now, the batter becomes very thin!  That's okay.  I think this is what makes it so good :)





Pour batter into greased cake pans and bake at 350 for ~30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.



Cool for 10 minutes, and then remove them from the pans.



Frost, if desired, with Hershey's amazing chocolate frosting :)