Delicious "Especially Dark" Chocolate Cake

I made my Uncle a Dark Chocolate Cake with Dark Chocolate Frosting for his birthday. The cake was so moist and delicious. This is a good cake recipe for my chocolate lovers out there. I was lucky to have a great sous chef, my sweet boyfriend, Tyler, who helped me prep my ingredients and helped me frost the cake.

Pictured is my Uncle in front of his birthday cake. I used one whole strawberry as a garnish, which I cut into sections (stopping half way up the strawberry, keeping the berry somewhat in tact) and spread out to make the cake look pretty.

Ingredients:

2 cups sugar

1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour

3/4 cup Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa

1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup boiling strong coffee

Heat oven to 350°F.  Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.  (I like to add a round piece of parchment paper to the bottom of my pans, but you don't have to).

Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.  Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla; With electric mixer beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.  Stir in boiling coffee (batter will be thin).  Pour batter into prepared pans.

Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted into center comes out clean.  Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks.  Cool completely.  Frost with Dark Chocolate Frosting (see recipe below).

Dark Chocolate Frosting

Ingredients:

1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted

2/3 cup Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa

3 cups powdered sugar

1/2 cup heavy cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix all ingredients in a bowl and spread evenly across the cake.