Simply Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa (I use hershey's) the recipe doesn't specify whether or not to use dutch or natural cocoa since its a hersheys recipe I use what they say to use.
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil (If you want to substitute melted butter for the oil its fine)
• 1 cup whole milk at room temperature
• 2 large eggs at room temperature and lightly beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 teaspoons instant espresso coffee (Optional but recommended)
• soft butter and flour to prep baking pans or you can use cooking spray