Homemade Chocolate Cake 🍫

✅️ Ingredients:

- 🥣 1 and 3/4 cups (220g) all-purpose flour

- 🍬 1 and 1/2 cups (300g) granulated sugar

- 🍫 3/4 cup (65g) unsweetened cocoa powder

- 🥄 1 and 1/2 tsp baking powder

- 🥄 1 and 1/2 tsp baking soda

- 🧂 1/2 tsp salt

- 🥚 2 large eggs

- 🥛 1 cup (240ml) whole milk

- 🛢️ 1/2 cup (120ml) vegetable oil

- 🌼 2 tsp vanilla extract

- 💧 1 cup (240ml) boiling water

- 🧈 1 cup (230g) unsalted butter, softened

- 🍭 3 and 1/2 cups (440g) powdered sugar

- 🍫 1/2 cup (45g) unsweetened cocoa powder

- 🥛 1/4 cup (60ml) milk

- 🌼 2 tsp vanilla extract

✅️ Instructions:

1. 🔥 Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.

2. 🥄 In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.

3. 🥚 Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla. Beat until smooth, then stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).

4. 🍰 Divide batter between pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.

5. ⏳ Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

6. 🧁 Beat butter until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar and cocoa, then milk and vanilla. Beat until fluffy.

7. 🎂 Once cooled, frost one layer, stack the second, and frost the entire cake. Enjoy! 

⏰ Total Time: ~1 hour 15 minutes