Chocolate Moist

A rich moist chocolate cake with a chocolate buttercream icing. This is the best cake in the world!

Ingredients

12 Serving

• 2 cups white sugar

• 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour

• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

• 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda

• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

• 1 teaspoon salt

• 2 large eggs eggs

• 1 cup milk

• ½ cup vegetable oil

• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

• 1 cup boiling water

• ¾ cup butter

• 1 ½ cups unsweetened cocoa powder

• 5 ⅓ cups confectioners' sugar

• ⅔ cup milk

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

• Step 1

  Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.

• Step 2

  Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.

• Step 3

  Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.

• Step 4

  To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.

• Step 5

  Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.

WE ARE DONE! :)