dark chocolate cake

🥘 Ingredients

• • sugar
• • flour
• • baking cocoa
• • baking powder
• • baking soda
• • salt
• • eggs
• • milk
• • vegetable oil
• • vanilla extract
• • boiling water

📝 Instructions

1. 1 heat oven to 350f
2. 2 grease and flour two 9 inch round baking pans or one 13x9 inch pan
3. 3 in large mixer bowl , stir together dry ingredients
4. 4 add eggs , milk , oil , and vanilla
5. 5 beat on medium speed for 2 minutes
6. 6 stir in boiling water by hand
7. 7 i usually use between 2 / 3 & 3 / 4 cups
8. 8 the cake is still very moist but it doesn't seem to "fall" as much as it cools
9. 9 this might have to do with our high humidity or brand of flour or other factors so i don't know if it will work for everyone
10. 10 pour into prepared pan
11. 11 bake 30 to 35 minutes for round 9-inch pans , 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean
12. 12 because they have a tendency to overflow if you fill them more than 2 / 3 full , i usually get about 27-28 cupcakes per batch
13. 13 bake for approximately 18-20 minutes
14. 14 cool 10 minutes
15. 15 remove from pan to wire racks
16. 16 please
17. 17 chocolate drink mixes that you add to milk or water to drink will not work in this recipe