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Chocolate Cake
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Ingredients

    2 cups white sugar
    1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
    ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
    1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
    1 teaspoon salt
    2 eggs
    1 cup milk
    ½ cup vegetable oil
    2 teaspoons vanilla extract
    1 cup boiling water

Directions

    - Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and
      flour two nine inch round pans or one thirteen by nine pan.

    - In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa,
      baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add the eggs, milk, oil
      and vanilla, mix for 2 minutes on medium speed of mixer.
      Stir in the boiling water last. Batter will be thin. Pour
      evenly into the prepared pans.

    - Bake 30 to 35 minutes in the preheated oven, until the cake
      tests done with a toothpick. Cool in the pans for 10
      minutes, then remove to a wire rack to cool completely if
      using round pans.

    - (Optional) Add chocolate icing
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