Chocolate Cake (Erin's)

Ingredients

2 c. sugar

2 c. all-purpose flour

3/4 c. Hershey's Cocoa

1 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

1 c. milk

1/2 c. vegetable oil

2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 c. boiling water

1.  Heat oven to 350.  Grease and flour baking pan.

2.  Combine dry ingredients in large bowl.  Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on med. speed 2 min.  Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).  Pour into pan.

3.  Bake 30-35 min or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.  Cool 10 min.

 Chocolate Frosting

1 stick (1/2 c.) butter or margarine

1/4 c. cocoa powder

3 c. powdered sugar

1/3 c. milk

1 tsp. vanilla

1.  Melt butter.  Stir in cocoa.

2.  Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beat on med. speed to spreading consistency.  Add more milk, if needed. Stir in vanilla.

****If you don't live in high altitude...you can change it to 1 3/4 C. Flour, 1 1/2 tsp. baking power and 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda.  This is the original recipe, but I haven't tested.