Dark Chocolate Cake

Makes two 9-inch round cakes

Ingredients:

• 2 cups sugar
• 1-3/4 cups all purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• Up to 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup skim milk
• 1/2 cup canola or vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup boiling water

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans – or spray with vegetable spray and then add 2 tablespoons flour, turn to coat all surfaces and dump out residual flour – or use spray with vegetable oil and flour built in.
2. Mix together dry ingredients.
3. Mix eggs, milk, oil and vanilla. Add to the dry ingredients in the bowl of a mixer and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add in boiling water. (This will be a thin batter)
4. Divide batter evenly between 2 pans.
5. Bake 30-35 minutes in 350 degree oven – or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes in the pans on a wire rack then invert and tap cakes out of pans. Let cool completely.

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CAKE BALL MIX

This makes 40-50 balls

Note: This mixture is very gooey but will form into firm balls. Make your cake ball mix a day ahead before assembling the cake pops. It allows the mixture to firm up more.

Ingredients:

• Two 9-inch rounds of chocolate