2 c  Sugar
 1 3/4 c  All-purpose flour
   3/4 c  Hershey’s Cocoa
     2 ts Baking soda
     1 ts Baking powder
     1 ts Salt
     2    Eggs
     1 c  Buttermilk or sour milk*
     1 c  Strong black coffee or 2
          -teaspoons
          Powdered instant coffee plus
          -1 cup
          Boiling water
   1/2 c  Vegetable oil
     1 ts Vanilla extract
 Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour two 9-inch round
 baking pans or one I 3x9x2 inch baking pan. in a large bowl, stir
 together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking Soda, baking powder and salt.
 Add eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed
 of electric mixer 2 minutes (batter will be thin). Pour batter into
 prepared pans. Bake 30 to 35 minutes for round pans, 35 to 40 minutes
 for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out
 clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool
 completely. Frost as desired. 10 to 12 servings.
 * To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1
 cup.
 Hershey’s is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
 Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.
                
                 Yields       
                1 Servings                
