Perfect Chocolate Cake

Name: Perfect Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: 1 cup cocoa; 2 cups boiling water; 1 cup butter, softened; 2 1/2 cups sugar; 4 eggs; 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 teaspoons baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

10 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 cup cocoa
2 cups boiling water
1 cup butter, softened
2 1/2 cups sugar
4 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions

1

Combine cocoa and boiling water, stirring until smooth; set aside until cool.
2

Cream butter, gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3

Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl, add to creamed mixture alternately with the cooled cocoa mixture, beating at low speed, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Stir in vanilla. Do not overbeat.
4

Pour batter into 3 buttered and floured 9-inch round cakepans. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 - 25 minutes or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes, remove from pans and cool completely on wire racks.