"perfectly chocolate cake"

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water
• "perfectly chocolate frosting"
  

1. Heat oven to 350*F. Grease and flour two 9 in. round baking pans.
2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer for 2 minutes. Stir in water. (batter will be thin.) Pour batter evenly into prepared pans.
3. Bake 30-35 min. or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool completely.
4. Prepare chocolate frosting; spread between layers and over top and side of cake.

* one 13x9x2 in. pan may be substituted; baking time 35-40 min.

Perfectly chocolate frosting

• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter or margarine
• 2/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tsp vanilla

1. Melt butter, stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistency.
2. Add small amount of additional milk, if needed. stir in vanilla.

( I wasn't able to get a picture of this cake before cutting into it last night...but our company said it was delicious and couldn't eat it fast enough..David also loves it he even had it for breakfast thismorning...)