Super Bowl XLIII Cake

My mom asked me to make a sheet cake for our Super Bowl party today. I hate decorating cakes. So I baked the cake (Hershey's "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake), made the frosting, and slathered it with green frosting. My parents finished decorating it for me. My mom used to be a cake decorator (she hasn't done it in about 10 years), and my dad always does the handwriting on her cakes. I think they did a pretty good job. We haven't tasted it yet. I just wanted to get it posted before the game starts. I'll update this tomorrow and let you know how yummy it was.

UPDATE! So... The cake fell and became uber dense as it was cooling. Maybe I didn't let it bake long enough. I have a habit of taking things out of the oven before the timer goes off. Or maybe the buttermilk powder trick I used in Dorie's Perfect Party Cake didn't work in this cake. Oh well, either way it was still really good. But it didn't turn out like the first time I made this recipe.


PS: I made the Perfect Party cake for Josh. IT WAS INSANE! SO GOOD! I'll post about it tomorrow or Tuesday. ;)

For the frosting I used Special Buttercream but with 1/2 butter and 1/2 shortening. It makes enough to generously cover this cake with some leftover.

HERSHEY'S "PERFECTLY CHOCOLATE" Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
2 cups sugar
1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa
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

Directions:
1. Spray 2 9-inch round pans (I used a 13x9) with baking spray. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour into prepared pans.
3. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan on wire rack. Finish cooling completely on wire rack before frosting.