B's Best Chocolate Cake Ever!

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa (i prefer hershey's)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar (4 cups)
• 6 tablespoons butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 cake.
• 2 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 3 grease and flour two 9" round pans.
• 4 combine dry ingredients in large bowl.
• 5 add oil, milk, eggs and vanilla.
• 6 beat for two minutes on medium speed.
• 7 gently stir in boiling water.
• 8 pour thin batter into pans.
• 9 bake for 35 minutes.
• 10 cool for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack.
• 11 frost when completely cool.
• 12 icing.
• 13 to prepare chocolate icing: combine confectioners' sugar, remaining butter, vanilla, cocoa, salt, and milk in top of double boiler over simmering water; stir until smooth.
• 14 frost and fill cake.