Classic Chocolate Cake
“If you need to learn how to make chocolate cake from scratch, this easy homemade chocolate cake recipe is a perfect place to start. It appeared on a can of Hershey’s Cocoa way back in 1943. I tried it, my boys liked it and I’ve been making it ever since.” —Betty Follas, Morgan Hill, California
| Servings | Prep Time | Cook Time |
| 15servings | 15minutes | 35minutes |
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 15servings | 15minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 35minutes |
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup butter softened
- 1-2/3 cups sugar
- 3 large eggs room temperature
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2/3 cup baking cocoa
- 1-1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1-1/3 cups whole milk
- confectioner's sugar or your favourite frosting
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Instructions
- In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating until smooth after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13x9-in. baking pan.
- Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. When cake is cool, dust with confectioners' sugar or frost with your favourite frosting.
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