Dark chocolate cake with vanilla buttercream

Ingredients

• 2 C white sugar
• 1 3/4 C flour
• 1 C Hershey's Special Dark cocoa powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 C milk
• 1/2 C vegetable oil
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 C boiling water

1) Buttercream:

• 1 C butter, softened
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3 C powdered sugar, sifted
• 2 TBS milk

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Preparation

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and grease and flour two nine inch round pans (or, like me who has no cake pans, one 9x13 pan)
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add in the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla and mix for thoroughly.
• Stir in the boiling water last and pour evenly into the prepared pan(s). Don't worry, the batter really should be that thin.
• Bake 30-35 minutes in the preheated oven until the cake tests done with a toothpick. Cool for 10 minutes in the pan(s) then remove and cool completely on a wire rack.
• 1) Buttercream:
  Cream together the butter, sugar and vanilla. Mix in the powdered sugar then add the milk and mix until light and fluffy.