Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Hershey's 'Perfectly Chocolate' Chocolate Cake


The first chocolate cake I ever made from scratch was the Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake. It is what they call it - perfect. Easy to make, tastes great and it has never failed me. I have made this cake so many times, I've lost count - son's b'day, bro-in-law's b'day, friend's b'day, potluck parties, cake decorating classes.
I have toyed with several kinds of frosting on the cake - Hershey's ''Perfectly Chocolate'' chocolate frosting, buttercream icing, whipped cream icing, whipped cream mixed with oreo cookie bits. Tastes great without icing too. This recipe is definitely worth a try and before you know it, it may become your favourite dependable chocolate cake recipe.

Ingredients :
2 cups sugar 
1 3/4 cup all purpose flour (maida)
3/4 cup cocoa 
1 1/2 tsp baking powder 
1 1/2 tsp baking soda 
1 tsp salt 
2 eggs 
1 cup milk 
1/2 cup oil 
2 tsp vanilla extract 
1 cup boiling water 

Method:


Pre-heat oven to 350ºF. Liberally grease two 9" round cake pans with oil or cooking spray.

In a large bowl, mix sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. With a handheld electric mixer, beat on medium speed for two minutes. Add water and beat for a few seconds till it mixes well.

Pour the cake batter evenly into the two cake pans.

Bake for 35 to 40 minutes until a fork inserted in the centre comes out clean.

Here are some pictures of the cakes I made using this recipe - some when I just started baking and a couple in my cake decorating classes. More on that some day.



A couple of eggless chocolate cake recipes:
Eggless Chocolate Cake
Eggless Microwave Chocolate Cake

Sending this to Bookmarked Recipes and Hearth and Soul.


Comments:


14 comments:

  1. OMG!!! Came out so soft and perfect. Loving it very much.

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  2. Wonderful piece of cake, in fact I loved the flowers for decoration. looks like store bought ones.

    Deepa
    Hamaree Rasoi

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  3. Perfect cake... loved it:)
    Reva

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  4. perfect and gorgeous cake !!

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  5. wow, what wonderful creations and variations. I have heard a lot of about this one. I am a big chocoholic, so bookmark it :)

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  6. HI
    ITS TEMPTING TO BAKE NOWWWWWW :-)))))))
    LOVELY CAKE....

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  7. Super wonderful cake, looks stunning and gorgeous..

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  8. Apy wow dear awesome cake....delicious

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  9. lovely delicious cake..looks yummy n perfect

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  10. deliciously done cake looks wonderful

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  11. Chocolate cake looks dleicious, thanks for sharing with hearth and soul hop.we will appreciate if you link back to hearth and soul hop link either word or by picture that will encourage our efforts.

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  12. First time here...
    cake looks perfect ..

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    visit my space, when u find time

    ArunaManikandan
    http://ensamayalkuripugal.blogspot.com

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