Papa Great's Chocolate Fudge Birthday Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup hershey's special dark cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk, with
• 1 teaspoon vinegar, added to equal the one cup
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling coffee

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f prepare two 9-inch round baking pans. spray the pans with cooking spray that has flour in the formula. cover the bottom of the pans with a circle of parchment, then spray again.
• 2 sift together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in the mixing bowl.
• 3 in another bowl mix the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla.
• 4 add the liguids to the dry mixture and beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes.
• 5 stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). pour batter into prepared pans.
• 6 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.
• 7 (we used the hershey's especially dark chocolate frosting recipe- it was perfect!).