Perfect Chocolate Cake & Cream Cheese Frosting

• Chocolate Cake
• 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 3/4 cups organic sugar
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup Hershey's cocoa powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 tablespoons butter to grease the pan
• Cream Cheese Frosting
• 8 ounces softened cream cheese
• 2 tablespoons softened butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons milk
• 2 cups powdered sugar

1. Mix the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, or the bowl of your stand mixer if using one until well incorporated.
2. Add the remaining ingredients except the boiling water and butter, and mix well using a stand mixer, or an electric beater and blend until smooth.
3. Add the boiling water and mix on a low setting at first, then increase the speed until well mixed.
4. Grease a bundt pan with butter, and a light spray of cooking spray, and pour the batter in.
5. Bake at 350* for 35 minutes.
6. Beat the cream cheese by itself first using a mixer.
7. Add the remaining frosting ingredients, and blend until smooth and creamy.
8. Once the cake cools, transfer it to a serving platter, and generously coat it with the frosting.

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Taken from food52.com/recipes/81237-perfect-chocolate-cake-cream-cheese-frosting (may not work)