Perfect chocolate cake

Think about the perfect birthday cake. The one will always be in fashion even in a thousand years, and above all, that cake youngs and grown-ups love the most : Chocolate cake.

The pic I posted was the cake I made yesterday for my "amore" on the occasion of his 38th b'day. The framed photo in the backgound is of course myself!

Ingredients : (serves 12)

2 cups sugar
1 3/4 cups all purpouse flour
3/4 cup good quality unsweetened cocoa (dutch or swiss cocoa powder)
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt

2 eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 cup boiling water

Heat oven to 350°F.
Grease and flour a round baking pan.

In large bowl, stir together dry ingredients.
Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla; beat on medium speed for 2 minutes untill smooth.
Stir in boiling water by hand (batter will be thin).

Pour into prepared pan.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes for round 9-inch pans, 35 to 40 minutes for rectangular pan or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. (I advise not to use 8-inch pans or the batter will overflow.).
Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire racks.