Hersheys Old Fashioned Chocolate Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Cake: Heat oven to 350*. Grease and flour two 9-inch round pans or one 13x9-inch pan.
• In large mixer bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Beat on high speed 3 minutes.
• Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt; add alternately with water to butter mixture.
• Blend just until combined. Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 30-35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans. Coll completely; frost.
• Frosting: In small microwave-safe bowl, place chocolate chips.
• Microwave on high 1 1/2 minutes; stir. Microwave on high an additional 30 seconds or until melted and smooth when stirred. (Chips may also be melted in pan over warm water).
• Gradually add powdered sugar and evaporated milk, beating until smooth. About 2 1/2 cups frosting.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°F Grease 10" tube pan or 2 loaf pans.
• Melt chocolate at 50% power for 2 minutes in microwave, then stir every 30 seconds (at 50% power) until melted.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each egg.
• Beat in melted chocolate and vanilla.
• In small bowl, sift together the flower, baking powder, & salt.
• In separate small bowl, stir buttermilk and baking soda together.
• Add flour mixture and buttermilk mixture alternately in thirds; avoid overmixing.
• When batter is smooth, add pecans.
• Bake until toothpick comes out clean, aobut 1 hour 45 mins for tube pan, about 1 hour 10 minutes for loaf pans.
• Cool 10 minutes on rack in pan, then turn out cake to rack and cool completely.
• Needs no frosting!

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. In a saucepan, melt 1 cup of butter. Stir in 1 cup water and 4 tablespoons cocoa powder. Remove from heat and set aside.
• In a medium bowl, dissolve the baking soda in 1/2 cup of buttermilk. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. Mix in the cooled cocoa mixture.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the cocoa buttermilk mixture. Stir until blended. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Ice the cake with Buttermilk Pecan Icing while it's still warm.
• For the icing: In a large saucepan, melt 1/2 cup butter with 4 tablespoons cocoa. Stir in 1/3 cup buttermilk, and heat until almost boiling. Stir in confectioners' sugar, vanilla, salt and pecans. Remove from heat. Mix well and pour over warm cake.