Heritage Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1-3/4 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1-1/2 cups buttermilk or sour milk*
• CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING (recipe follows)

Directions

1. 1 Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
   
2. 2 Beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add alternately with buttermilk to butter mixture, beating just until smooth. Pour batter into prepared pans.
   
3. 3 Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost with CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING. 8 to 10 servings.
   
   * To sour milk: Use 4-1/2 teaspoons white vinegar plus milk to equal 1-1/2 cups.
   
   CHOCOLATE FUDGE FROSTING
   1/3 cup butter or margarine
   2/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
   2-2/3 cups powdered sugar
   1/3 cup milk
   1 teaspoon vanilla extract
   
4. 1 Melt butter in small saucepan over low heat; add cocoa, stirring constantly until smooth.(Mixture will be very thick.) Remove from heat; pour into medium bowl. Cool slightly.
   
5. 2 Add powdered sugar alternately with milk and vanilla, beating to spreading consistency. About 2 cups frosting.

Warning this is not mine...I saved it for my future home baking...and if you are interested kindly click 

the link  :http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/recipe-search.aspx?cid=13&urlCakes-Frostings.aspx