Classic Chocolate Cake

Name: Classic Chocolate Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 15 servings.
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 2% milk; Confectioners' sugar or favorite frosting

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling YIELD: 15 servings.

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

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 2% milk
Confectioners' sugar or favorite frosting

Directions

1. 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.
2. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. When cake is cool, dust with confectioners' sugar or top with your favorite frosting.

Nutrition Facts

1 piece: 257 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 67mg cholesterol, 368mg sodium, 38g carbohydrate (23g sugars, 1g fiber), 4g protein.

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