5 Hershey’s Kisses recipes to make your holiday desserts festive (VIDEO)

Hershey’s dark chocolate Kisses cake

Ingredients:

• 2 cups white 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
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
• 1 cup boiling water
• Hershey’s Kisses Special Dark mildly sweet chocolate

Directions:

1. Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease 2 (8-inch) round pans.
3. In a large bowl, stir together the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt till well combined.
4. Add in the eggs, milk, oil and vanilla, and mix for 2 more minutes.
5. Stir in the boiling water last.
6. Split the batter between the 2 pans.
7. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes.

To decorate:

1. Once the cake has cooled, frost it with your favorite buttercream recipe.
2. Then, beginning in the center and working in concentric circles, cover the top and sides of the cake with the Hershey’s Kisses Special Dark mildly sweet chocolate.

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