Hersheys Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Filling & Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream

 

Ingredients:

Chocolate Cake:

• Adapted from Hershey’s
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 & 3/4 cups flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 & 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk or heavy Cream
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup boiling water

For the Whipped Cream Cheese Buttercream:

• 1 cup cream cheese
• 3/4 cup butter
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar

For the Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream:

• 3/4 cup of butter
• 3/4 cup of cream cheese
• 1 & 3/4 cups Hersheys cocoa powder
• 5 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons whole Milk
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions:

Hersheys Chocolate Cake:

First, preheat your oven to 350F.
Spray 3 round cake pans with cooking spray
Dust the pans lightly with flour, set aside.
In a Large mixing bowl or kitchenaid mixer combine the Flour, Hersheys cocoa, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and the salt.
Add in the milk, oil, eggs and the vanilla extract & mix until everything is thoroughly incorporated. Once all combined, stir in the boiling water last; mix again, the batter will be very thin.
Pour the batter evenly in each of the sprayed/floured cake pans
Bake for 30-35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each layer comes out clean. Once fully baked, remove from oven & allow the 3 cakes to cool for at least 10-15 minutes before removing them.