Ingredients
1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup hershey's cocoa
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
2/3 cup butter or margarine - softened
16 oz dairy sour cream
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
6 tbsp butter or margarine - softened
2 2/3 cup powdered sugar
1/3 cup hershey's cocoa to...
5 tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
OPTIONAL
1 decorating frosting
1 colored sprinkles
Directions
Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan. In large
bowl, stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Add
butter, sour cream, eggs and vanilla; beat on medium speed of
electric mixer 3 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 40 to
45 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.
Transfer cake to serving plate. Frost with ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM
FROSTING. Decorate cake to resemble greeting card. 12 to 15 servings.
ONE-BOWL BUTTERCREAM FROSTING: In medium bowl, beat butter until
creamy. Gradually add sugar and cocoa alternately with milk and
vanilla, beating until of spreading consistency. About 2 cups
frosting.
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION PER SERVING = 1/15 RECIPE
440 Calories (190 Calories from Fat) 21 g Total Fat (12 grams
Saturated Fat)
75 mg Cholesterol
390 mg Sodium
60 mg Calcium (6% Daily Value)
57 g Total Carbohydrate
5 g Protein Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey
Foods Corporation. Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey
Kitchens.
Meal-Master format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Servings: 15 servings
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