Chocolatetown Special Cake

Name: Chocolatetown Special Cake Recipe | Hersheyland
Prep time: 45 min
Total time: 150 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 1/2 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa; 1/2 cup boiling water; 2/3 cup shortening; 1 3/4 cups sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 2 eggs; 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1 1/2 tsps baking soda; 1/2 tsp salt; 1 1/3 cups buttermilk or sour milk*

Details

Timing
Timing
Total:: 2 Hr. 30 Min.
Bake:: 35 Min.
Prep:: 45 Min.
Skill Level:: Beginner
Yields:: 1 cake

This homemade Chocolatetown Special Cake recipe has been loved by many since it first appeared on the back of HERSHEY'S Cocoa tins in the 1960s. Cocoa, shortening, buttermilk and other baking ingredients blend together to give the cake its delicious and deep flavor. After tasting this moist chocolate cake, you'll wonder where it's been all your life. Dress it up with chocolate twirls and strawberries and you've got a crowd-pleasing dessert for any celebration. Frost your Chocolatetown Special Cake with our 5-minute One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting—it's decidedly the "icing on the cake" for this delicious dessert!

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time: 45 minutes
Bake Time: 35 minutes
Cool Time: 1 hour

Ingredients

1/2 cup

HERSHEY'S Cocoa or HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Cocoa
1/2 cup

boiling water
2/3 cup

shortening
1 3/4 cups

sugar
1 tsp

vanilla extract
2

eggs
2 1/4 cups

all-purpose flour
1 1/2 tsps

baking soda
1/2 tsp

salt
1 1/3 cups

buttermilk or sour milk*

READY TO MAKE THIS?

Add a Garnish

Make our One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting to complete the recipe as shown in the image.

Directions

Equipment Needed 

Oven

9-inch Round Baking Pans

Bowls

Rubber Scraper

Measuring Cups

Mixer

Wire Racks

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.

Stir together cocoa and water in small bowl until smooth. Beat shortening, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy. Add eggs; beat well. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to shortening mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating until well blended. Add cocoa mixture; beat well. 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 with One-Bowl Buttercream Frosting.

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