Mason's Chocolate Cake

This recipe was a favorite submitted by Mason; a local child supported by the Make-a-Wish foundation. You can shop the ingredients for these recipes here: https://bit.ly/45oNjFf

Ingredients:

Cake:
2 cups sugar
1 ¾ cups flour
¾ cups cocoa powder
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
½ cup vegetable oil
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup boiling water

Frosting:
½ cup butter
2/3 cup cocoa powder
3 cups powdered sugar
½ cup milk
1 tsp vanilla

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 and grease two cake pans. Combine all dry ingredients in a large bowl.
2. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla into the dry mixture. Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water.
3. Pour into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle of cake comes out clean.
4. For frosting, melt the butter and stir in cocoa. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating on medium speed. Add additional milk if needed.