Awesome Chocolate Cake

This is a really great recipe, you can also make cupcakes with it. The above picture is only making a one layer cake, a double layer cake really makes a statement!

Chocolate Cake
2 C Granular Sugar
1 3/4 C All Purpose Flour
3/4 C Cocoa Powder (I prefer the darker cocoa)
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
1/2 C Boiling Water (can sub. coffee if you like)

Grease and flour 2, 9 in. round cake pans. In large bowl combine dry ingredients. Add in eggs, milk, oil & vanilla. Mix 2 minutes. Add in boiling water. Pour into prepared pans.


Cream Cheese Filling
2 C Cream Cheese, softened
2/3 C Granular Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp. Salt
8-10 oz. Mini Chocolate Chips

Combine cream cheese, sugar, egg & salt. Mix until smooth, add in chocolate chips. Drop cream cheese filling by Tbsp. on top of unbaked cakes (will sink as cake bakes). You will only need about half the recipe to make 2, 9in. round cakes. Bake at 350 Degrees, 30-35 minutes or until done, cool 10 minutes before removing from pans.


Cream Cheese Frosting
3 C Cream Cheese
6 oz. Butter, softened
6-8 oz. Powdered Sugar (sweeten to taste)

Beat cream cheese and butter until smooth. Slowly add in sugar. Frost cooled cakes, garnish sides with mini chocolate chips.


**If you are making cupcakes, fill muffin tins 3/4 full with cake mixture and drop one Tbsp. of cream cheese filling on top.**