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Chocolate Birthday Cake | Kid Project
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once they grow up. My frosted chocolate birthday cake looked normal and boring...meh. My little girl's cake looked Wow! and Whoop! and Whatever Goes! glorious!
- Prep time
- 7 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup peanut oil
- 2 eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350F.
- 2
Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt.
- 3
Add milk, oil, eggs, vanilla extract in and mix.
- 4
Add boiling water and beat at high speed for a minute to aerate the batter.
- 5
Butter and flour your cake pans. Pour batter in and smooth out.
- 6
Bake 30-35 minutes. Let cool completely before frosting.