Best Hersheys Special Dark Picnic Cake Recipes

HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK PICNIC CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Grease and flour 9 x 13 baking pan.
• Combine chocolate chips, butter and water in large mixer bowl; stir with spoon until chocolate is melted and mixture is blended.
• Gradually add flour, sugar, sour cream, eggs, baking soda, salt and vanilla; beat on low speed of electric mixer until smooth.
• Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
• For Frosting:.
• Place butter and chocolate chips in medium microwave-safe bowl. Microwave on high 1 minute; stir.
• If necessary, microwave on high for 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and mixture is smooth when stirred.
• Gradually beat in powdered sugar, milk and vanilla, beating until smooth.
• If necessary, refrigerate 5 to 10 minutes or until of desired spreading consistency.
• For a stronger chocolate flavored cake, decrease flour to 2 cups and add 1/3 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa.

EXTREME CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
• Use the first set of ingredients to make the cake. In a medium bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, mix for 3 minutes with an electric mixer. Stir in the boiling water by hand. Pour evenly into the two prepared pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to cool completely.
• To make the frosting, use the second set of ingredients. Cream butter until light and fluffy. Stir in the cocoa and confectioners' sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla. Beat to a spreading consistency.
• Split the layers of cooled cake horizontally, cover the top of each layer with frosting, then stack them onto a serving plate. Frost the outside of the cake.

"HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK "CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat butter and shortening in large bowl until well blended.
• Add brown sugar and granulated sugar; beat thoroughly. Add sugar and vanilla, beating until well blended.
• Combine flour, baking soda & salt; gradually beat into butter mixture.
• Stir in chocolate chips and nuts, if desired.
• Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet.
• Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Cool slightly; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.
• Cool completely.
• Serve with ice cold milk and enjoy.

ESPECIALLY DARK CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt butter
• Stir in cocoa
• Alternately add powdered sugar and milk, beating to spreading consistancy. Add small amount of additional milk if needed.
• Stir in vanilla. Ice cake, if you can stay out of the frosting long enough.

DARK CHOCOLATE PICNIC CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• heat oven to 350* grease and flour pan combine chocolate chips, butter, and water in large mixing bowl stir with spoon until chocolate is melted and mixture in blended gradually ad flour, sugar, sour cream, eggs, baking soda, salt, and vanilla beat o. low speed of electric mixer until smooth pour batter into prepared ban bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out Clean cool completely in pan on wire rack frost with frosting Frosting place butter and chocolate chips in medium microwave safe bowl microwave on high for 1 minute stir if necessary microwave 15 seconds at a time until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth gradually beat in powdered sugar, milk, and vanilla beat until smooth spread on cake