Chocolate Cake Recipe (Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Recipe)

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.

	this recipe	typical
fat	160%	101%
total sugar	381%	232%
egg	48%	48%
leavener	6%	4%
salt	3%	2%
liquid	314%	200%
dairy	201%	117%
chocolate	172%	67%
flour strength	1.0	1.0

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

210 g	1 3/4 cups all purpose flour (or plain flour)
64 g	3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (or regular Hershey's cocoa powder)
6 g	1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
7 g	1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda (or bi-carb soda)
6 g	1 teaspoon salt
400 g	2 cups white granulated sugar
100 g	2 large eggs
244 g	1 cup milk
109 g	1/2 cup vegetable oil
9 g	2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
237 g	1 cup boiling water
113 g	4 oz butter
65 g	2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (or regular HERSHEY'S (2.4 oz | 65 g))
600 g	3 cups powdered sugar (confectioners or icing sugar)
81 g	1/3 cup milk
4 g	1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Method: 7 steps, published by cafedelites.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“According to my son the best chocolate cake ever. Believe me I have tried numerous recipes hoping he will not notice the difference. But every time I try a new chocolate cake recipe, he immediately knows, complaining about the texture or icing. Since he is a c” — a cook, 5.0★

“My picky son said it was amazing! I had to make two batches of frosting. One wasn’t enough. I don’t think I’ll try another Chocolate Cake recipe. Tried others that were way more complicated and meh. Karina’s recipes never disappoint. So mad I didn’t think to ” — a cook, 5.0★