This is a recipe for a cake that was made in the schools I attended. It's always a sure-fire hit. You can make it in layers...it'll make THICK layers. Also, the real key for moist with this one is to put a thin layer of frosting over the cake just after it's out of the oven.....the make it pretty when you put it together.
School Cake
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 Tbsp cocoa
1 tsp salt
2 tsp soda
2 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp vinegar
1 Cup salad oil
2 cups water
Mix all ingredients and bake at 350 degrees till done (cake is done when it starts to pull from sides of pan)
Remove from oven and spread thin layer of buttercream icing over cake. Let cake cool and re-ice.
Add milk and you’re a happy person!!!
Buttercream frosting
Beat together about 4 TBSP margarine or butter (not the diet stuff, either) and just a tad bit of milk and 1 tsp vanilla
Add about 4 TBSP HEAPING of Hershey's cocoa
Start beating and adding in powdered sugar until you have a nice spreadable frosting.