The Best Chocolate Cake

This recipe is from McClure United Church 30th Anniversary Cookbook - Come for T. It is so simple and so good that the same recipe was submitted by two different people.  I wrote it out on a recipe card since I have tried a lot of different chocolate cake recipes, but wanted to make sure I remembered that this one is my favourite. The card was so well used that I could barely make out the writing on it anymore.

The last time I used the recipe card, it didn't get put away and was misplaced. I spent about an hour looking for it before we found which cookbook it was from. As a result of that search, I am putting it here so that it won't be lost again.

The recipe doubles well. I don't know yet if it freezes well. It doesn't last long enough in our house!

2 eggs
2/3 cup oil
2 cups sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups boiling water
2 2/3 cups flour
2/3 cups cocoa
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 9 x 13 pan.

Beat eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla for 4 minutes. Sift together remaining dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt). Alternate adding dry ingredients and boiling water to beaten mixture.

Pour batter into pan and bake approximately 30 minutes or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.

Notes: 
I sift the dry ingredients together through a strainer. It adds air and takes out any lumps in the flour and cocoa.

While we enjoy the cake warm from the oven, we like it better the next day. We store it in a Tupperware container once it is completely cool. Then it is really moist. 

I have thought of adding chocolate chips but haven't tried that yet.