I need to make a chocolate cake for my stepsons birthday. Does anybody have a good recipe that they have tried? TIA

Mmmmm....this is the best chocolate cake I've ever had. My mom used to make it for all our birthdays--she still does if we're in town. It's a moist, dense cake.

Cream together:
2 C. sugar
3/4 c. shortening
1/2 c. cocoa
1 tsp vanilla
1 tsp salt.

Fill a 1 c. measuring cup with milk--minus 2 tbsp. Then add 2 tbsp of vinegar into milk to make 1 cup. To this mixture, add 2 tsp of baking soda. Let foam for a moment. Gently stir if necessary.

Add sour milk mixture to creamed ingredients.

Mix in 2 c of flour.

Then add 1 c boiling water and stir.

Pour into greased 9x13 pan. (Batter is fairly runny)

Bake @ 350 for 30-35 min.

When cool, top w/ frosting. Enjoy! Let me know if you make it and how it turns out.

I'm a huge fan of the perfectly chocolate cake recipe on the Hershey's Unsweetened Cocoa can. I LOVE to bake and I have to say that Hershey's recipe is easy and good in any type of cake pan. On their site, it rates one of the top ten Hershey's recipes. Here's the sites link. Enjoy!

http://www.hersheys.com/recipes/

Ditto to the recipe on the Hershey's cocoa can, it is a really good cake, and easy to make!

Thank you ladies. I ended up making the one on the Hersheys cocoa can for his birthday and people loved it.

Bsteen I am going to try your recipe too though..just another excuse to make another chocolate cake