Real old fashioned chocolate cake

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Preparation Time:

20 Min

Serves:

Difficulty:

Easy

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Main Ingredients:

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Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

3/4 c Butter or margarine, softened
1 2/3 c Sugar
3 Eggs
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 c All-purpose flour
2/3 c Hershey's Cocoa
1 1/4 ts Baking soda
1 ts Salt
1/4 ts Baking powder
1 1/3 c Water
1/2 c Hard peppermint candy, opt. (finely crushed)
Add'l hard peppermint candy (crushed), optional
Frosting
6 tb Butter or margarine, softened
2 2/3 c Powdered sugar
1/2 c Hershey's Cocoa
1/3 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla extract
Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour two 9-inch
round baking pans or one 13x9x2-inch baking pan. In large mixer
bowl, combine butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla; beat on high speed
of electric mixer 3 minutes. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda,
salt and baking powder; add alternately with water to butter
mixture, beating until blended. Add candy, if desired. Pour batter
into prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick
inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from
pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost. Just before serving,
garnish with peppermint candy, if desired. 8 to 10 servings.