Mama's Chocolate Cake

Classic homemade chocolate layer cake with rich chocolate frosting

Ingredients

Ingredients

Cake:

• 2 cups sugar, white
• 1.75 cups all purpose flour
• 0.75 cup cocoa powder
• 1.5 tsp baking powder
• 1.5 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk (whole preferred)
• 0.5 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

Frosting:

• 0.5 cup butter
• 0.67 cup cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 0.33 cup whole milk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F and grease two 9" round baking pans
2. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Beat on med speed 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (this makes it thin). Pour into pans and bake 30-35 minutes. Cool completely before adding frosting
3. Frosting: Melt butter and stir in cocoa. Add powdered sugar and milk, beating on med speed. Add more milk if needed. Stir in vanilla. Makes about 2 cups total