Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake with Cocoa Frost

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Cake with Cocoa Frost

Ingredients:
All-purpose flour
Sugar
Unsweetened cocoa powder
Baking soda
Salt
Water
Vegetable oil
Vanilla extract
Semi-sweet chocolate chips
Unsalted butter
Powdered sugar
Milk

Directions:
1. For Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Butter and flour three 9-inch-diameter cake pans with 1 1/2 inch-high sides.
3. Sift first 5 ingredients into medium bowl.
4. Mix water, oil and vanilla in large bowl.
5. Whisk in dry ingredients.
6. Divide batter among pans.
7. Sprinkle 1/2 cup chocolate chips over batter in each pan.
8. Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes in pans on racks 15 minutes.
9. Cut around pan sides to loosen cakes.
10. Turn cakes out; cool completely.
11. For Frosting: Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy.
12. Gradualy beat in 3 cups sugar.
13. Beat in 6 tablespoons milk and vanilla.
14. Add cocoa and remaining 2 cups sugar; beat until blended, thinning with more milk if necessary. Place 1 cake layer, chocolate-chips side up, on platter.
15. Spread 23 cup frosting over.
16. Top with second cake layer, chocolate-chips side up.
17. Spread 23 cup frosting over.
18. Top with remaining cake layer, chocolate-chips side down.
19. Spread frosting over sides and top of cake.