Hershey's Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake
Chocolate lovers beware! This moist and decadent chocolate cake recipe will have you hooked!
Ingredients
| ¾ | cup |
butter
or margarine, 150 grams |
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 1 ⅔ | cup |
sugar
185 grams |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| 2 | cups |
unbleached all-purpose flour
240 grams |
|
| ⅔ | cup |
cocoa powder
80 grams |
|
| 1 ¼ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| ¼ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
* |
| 1 | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| 1 ⅓ | cups |
water
312 grams |
|
| For the chocolate frosting: | |||
| 12 | ounces |
chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
~ 2 cups, 340 grams |
* |
| 2 | cups |
powdered sugar
200 grams |
|
| ⅔ | cup |
evaporated milk
167.5 grams |
|
Directions
FOR CAKE:
Heat oven to 350℉ (180℃). Grease and flour two 9 inch round baking pans or one 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
In large mixer bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla. Beat on high speed 3 minutes.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in another large bowl.
Add alternately with water to butter mixture. Blend just until combined. Pour into prepared pans.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or untill wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans.
Cool completely; frost.
Serves 8 to 10.
FROSTING:
In small microwave-safe bowl, place chocolate chips.
Microwave on high 1½ minutes; stir.
Microwave on high additional 30 seconds or til melted and smooth when stirred. (Chips may also be melted in pan over warm water).
Gradually add powdered sugar and evaporated milk, beating til smooth.
About 1½ cups frosting.
Haverhill MA
over 10 years ago
This recipe sounds very,very good.
But i cant just wait till i try it now i know where to find delicious deserts like this.
Thank You,Angelique
Marseille, France
about 10 years ago
looks and sounds great....but can u please convert the recipe to grams. i find cup measures too complicating. thanks
Toronto, Canada
almost 10 years ago
Just converted the major ingredients to grams, hopefully it helps. Enjoy!
Karachi, Pakistan
over 8 years ago
Awesome cake..My best friend love it.
United States
over 8 years ago
i've tried this cake several times. it never rises much and comes out looking like brownies. does anyone else have "chocolate water" after adding all the water? it's very, very thin. i think if you reduce the water the leavening action of the powder and soda will have a chance to work. and the icing had to have an extra cup of powdered sugar to be thick enough.
if anyone has suggestions or the same experience please shoot me an email at martymiester@yahoo.com.
thanks.
over 8 years ago
This is a very delicious chocolate cake recipe.
Universal City, United States
almost 8 years ago
Made this for for my family great reviews from everyone begging for another one!!
, Turkey
about 7 years ago
It is a very different feeling to find a chocolate cake recipe that has been favored for more than a decade.
Los Angeles, United States
almost 5 years ago
It is delicious.
about 3 years ago
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9 months ago
The best chocolate cake I’ve ever tried.moist,rich and chocolaty.thank you for the recipe
5 months ago
Anyone know a good peanutbutter cream cheese icing recipe p?
4 months ago
My mother in law gave me this recipe over 40 years ago, it was the family's traditional birthday cake. It became so for our family as well. The only difference is her recipe calls for 2/3 cup of butter. The crumb is always perfect and moist. We have updated it using Hershey's Special Dark Cocoa or a mix of the two and a rounded teaspoon of expresso powder. But as is or updated, it garners nothing but raves when we make it. Being an old recipe, one measures the flour by loosening it first, spooning it into the measuring cups and leveling it off. The dump and level method used by so many 'TV' bakers yields a denser cake. Still moist but not as beautifully light as the original. And it is so much easier than the newer recipes. My only issue is that I can't make 1 1/2 times the cake, because of everything being in 3rds:)