My Mom always made this for family birthdays. The original recipe was on a can of Hershey's Cocoa Powder. I still have the original taped to an index card. The flour amount is different from the recipe I found already posted here.
Provided by Carol
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 16 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Grease and flour two 8" cake pans (or use Pan Release, Professional Pan Coating, Recipe #78579, by Kittencal).
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a large bowl, cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla; beat 1 minute at medium speed.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and the water to the creamed mixture, while mixing.
- Pour batter into pans, dividing equally.
- Bake for 35 to 40 minutes.
- Cool cake for 5 minutes, then remove from pans and place on wire racks to fully cool before frosting.
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