HERSHEY'S CHOCOLATE CAKE

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Provided by @MakeItYours

Number Of Ingredients 15

2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup Hershey's cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1 large egg yolk
3/4 cup half-and-half
1/4 cup water
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water
Used coffee grounds

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter two 9-inch round baking pans and line with parchment paper. Butter and flour the parchment paper.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in bowl of stand mixer. Add eggs, half-and-half, 1/4 cup water, oil, and vanilla. Beat on medium speed of mixer for a minute or two, scraping down the sides every few seconds, then add the softened butter. Beat on medium to medium-high speed of mixer until well blended. Scrape the sides and mix well. Note: The butter will not be completely mixed in until you pour in the boiling water in the next step, so for now you will still see pieces of butter. Just get it as well-blended here as you can.
Place used coffee grounds in a fine mesh strainer set over a measuring cup. Pour boiling water over coffee grounds to 1 cup mark. Stir coffee-water into cake batter. Pour batter (batter will be thin) into prepared pans.
Bake 30-35 minutes or until tester inserted in center comes out clean. Remove pans from oven and cool for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pans to wire racks and cool completely.