Delicious and easy chocolate cake recipes?

My friend's birthday's next week and I want to make a chocolate cake. I've never made a cake from scratch before, but would like to try, so nothing too complicated. Something that's really good of course. thanks!Delicious and easy chocolate cake recipes?
This is an easy tasty cake that I like to make.





2c sugar, 1 3/4 c flour, 3/4 c Hershey's cocoa, 1 1/2 t baking powder, 1 1/2t baking soda, 1 t salt, 2 eggs, 1 c milk, 1/2 c veg oil, 2 t vanilla, 1 c boiling water.


heat oven to 350. grease and flour 2 9 in baking pans. combine dry ingredients in a large bowl. add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. beat on low 2 min. stir in boiling water (batter will be very thin but don't worry!) Pour into pans bake 30 minutes cool 10 min remove from pans let cool completely. Frost with Chocolate frosting or bake in 9x13 pan and top with powdered sugar.Delicious and easy chocolate cake recipes?
FUDGE PUDDING CAKE





1 cup all purpose flour


2 teaspoons baking powder


1/2 teaspoon salt


3/4 cup sugar


2 tablespoons melted butter


3/4 cup chopped nuts


3/4 cup brown sugar


1/4 cup cocoa powder


1 1/4 cups boiling water





Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder into a 1-1/2 quart baking pan or casserole dish.


Stir together the melted butter, water, and vanilla. Pour into dry ingredients, add the nuts and mix well.





Add the 1/4 cup of cocoa powder remaining to the brown sugar and combine, then sprinkle over the batter mixture. Slowly pour the boiling water over the top of the batter in a thin stream. DO NOT STIR!





Bake in a pre-heated 350 degree F oven for 40 to 45 minutes. Serve with ice cream or whipped topping.


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Chocolate Tray Cake (Large Oblong Container)


A truly delicious moist cake.





2 cups self raising flour


8 Tbsp Cocoa Power


1/2 tsp Salt


2 cups sugar


1 tsp Bi-carbonate of Soda


Mix all these dry ingredients together in a bowl.





1 cup milk


1 cup Vegetable oil


1 Tbsp Vinegar


1 cup warm water


1 Large eggs


Beat all these ingredients together thoroughly.





Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients. DO NOT OVER MIX


Bake 180 deg C for 40 minutes.





Icing


1 cup of icing (confectionery) sugar


4 Tbsp Cocoa Powder


2 Tbsp Warm Milk


50 grams melted butter.


Beat together until rich and creamy.





Frost the cake when it is totally cool


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Mucho-Mocha Cake:


1/2 cup Crisco


1 1/2 cups sugar


2 eggs


4 tbsp. cocoa


4 tbsp. prepared coffee


1 7/8 cups all purpose flour


1 tsp. salt


1 tsp. baking soda


1 cup buttermilk


1 tsp. vanilla extract





Cream Crisco and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in eggs one at a time until fully incorporated. Mix cocoa and prepared coffee in a separate bowl to form a paste and add into the creamed mixture. Sift flour with salt. Add baking soda and vanilla extract to buttermilk. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Pour into two greased and floured cake pans with parchment paper rounds on bottom of pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool on racks for 10 minutes and remove from pans to cool completely.





Mocha Frosting:


1 stick butter, softened


4 tbsp. cocoa


4 tbsp. prepared coffee


1 tsp. vanilla


1 tbsp. milk


1 box powdered sugar





Cream butter thoroughly. In a separate bowl, make a paste of cocoa and coffee and add to creamed butter. Add in box of powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk if needed. Mix well. You may need a few more tsp. of coffee for spreading consistency. Ice your cake and enjoy!
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