Sometimes you just want chocolate, ok maybe you always want chocolate. But sometimes you want chocolate cake smothered in chocolate frosting. but you don’t want a complicated layer cake. Chocolate Snack Cake with Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Frosting is decadent, delicious and easy to make. The recipes makes one 9 in square cake, enough for you to satisfy your chocolate cravings and to share but not too much that you are sick of chocolate by the time you finish the cake.
This cake is moist, tender and chocolaty. It is smothered in “the best frosting ever,” in my opinion. I have been eating all sorts of cakes topped with this frosting for over 50 years. They don’t call it perfectly chocolate frosting for nothing. I may or may not have eaten a few spoonfuls of the frosting while making this cake.
How to Make Chocolate Snack Cake with Chocolate Frosting
- preheat the oven to 350.
- gather you ingredients
- cream butter and sugar in stand mixer
- add eggs
- whisk in vanilla and salt
- sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and baking soda
- pour in coffee, whisk gently
- add batter to pan
- bake
- cool
- frost
- enjoy
Chocolate Snack Cake with Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
5 oz. (10 Tbs.) Softened salted butter at room temperature
1-2/3 cups granulated sugar
2 large eggs, room temperature
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
11/2 cups PLUS 2 tablespoons flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup PLUS 1/3 cup unsweetened natural cocoa powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
11/2 cups coffee brewed, cooled to warm
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350°F and place the oven rack in the center. Prepare a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray and parchment paper. I spray the bottom of the pan and sides, then line with parchment and spray the parchment.
In the bowl of a stand mixer, using the paddle attachment, cream the butter and the sugar, until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing just until incorporated, about 20 seconds.
Then switch to a whisk and blend in the rest of the ingredients by hand.
Mix in the vanilla and salt. Sift the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder onto the wet batter. Pour in the warm coffee. Gently whisk the ingredients until the mixture is smooth and mostly free of lumps.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan, spreading it evenly with a rubber spatula. Bake the cake until a skewer inserted in the center comes out with only moist crumbs clinging to it, 40 to 43 minutes.
Remove the cake from the oven and cool for 20 minutes. Carefully run a knife around the edges of the pan, invert the cake onto the rack, and remove the pan. Invert again onto another rack and let cool right side up until just warm.
You can eat the cake plain, dusted with powdered sugar or frosted with my all time favorite Hershey’s Chocolate Frosting.
Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
1 stick butter melted
2/3 cup of Hershey’s Cocoa
1/3 cup of milk
3 cups of powdered sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
Directions
Melt butter in large bowl, whisk or use electric hand held mixer to blend in Hershey’s cocoa Add one cup of powdered sugar, and a little milk, alternating between the two until both are used up and the frosting is creamy. Add vanilla and blend. Then use to frost any treat you feel like, cupcakes, cakes, brownies, cookies and more.
After reading this post and scrolling past the photos I hope I have tempted you to make a chocolate snack cake!
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Elizabeth, yum, yum and yum. I all-over this cake.
I can’t wait to make this one. Always look forward to the recipes you share
Cindy, thank you! I hope that you enjoy the cake.
When I saw this on Instagram this morning I almost made it for breakfast. Fortunately cooler heads prevailed. But I might make it this weekend! Yum! xo
Juliet, you should have! We could have breakfasted together on chocolate cake and hot chocolate!
I would like to print this recipe. Is there a “button” on your page to do that?
Hello Lori, here is a link to the recipe on my FoodTalk Daily site. https://www.foodtalkdaily.com/posts/chocolate-snack-cake-with-hersheys-perfectly-chocolate-frosting-44460837
Enjoy!
It looks amazing, Elizabeth! I have a similar favourite recipe and you won’t believe but it was on my mind earlier this week! I thought to myself, I should make it and write a post
In the meantime I’ll drool over your gorgeous photos that make it look so real, I can almost smell it. Thanks for sharing!
ANOTHER great recipe Elizabeth…I know this must be delish and can’t wait to try it…thank you!
Betsy, thank you! I tried to comment on your blog several times and for some reason am unable to.
What happens if I lose the dare not to lick the spoon?
This made me laugh. I unfortunately licked the spoon, then I got another spoon and scooped out a blob of frosting and then didi it again. After about 5 minutes I ate almost a 1/4 bowl of frosting!
Oh my gosh, this cake looks amazing. I’m off carbs at the moment but have pinned for future reference.
I really really love your blog, especially the Friday Favorites. I look forward to seeing what is new on Fridays! There doesn’t seem a link to print the recipe for the chocolate cake. Am I just not seeing it? I’ve sent this comment before with no response. If you just want to email me and not post it, I am fine with that. I know it sounds like a little thing, but there have been several recipes I’ve wanted to try. In fact I made your carrot cake and there was a link to print the recipe.
I won’t ask again.
Thank you,
Lori
Hello Lori, I am sorry, I have been out all day. I am happy to send the recipe to you. I unfortunately have not gotten around to adding a “recipe card” to the blog, it is on my list. You can find a lot of my recipes on Foodtalk Daily.
Thank you for letting my know that you enjoy the Friday Favorites post, it is one of my favorites to write.
Here is a link to the recipe on Foodtalk and you can print it from there as well. I hope that you enjoy it.
https://www.foodtalkdaily.com/posts/chocolate-snack-cake-with-hersheys-perfectly-chocolate-frosting-44460837
Thank you so much!
You are very welcome, thank you for reading and commenting.