Grandma Carlough’s Midnight Cake (or cupcakes, or bundt cake, or…) from Liz McGowen

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1 1/4 cups sugar
2 eggs
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup oil
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c flour
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp baking powder
1 cup hot water
1 tsp vanilla

Preheat oven to 350.  Mix first 4 ingredients; mix in rest of dry ingredients; add vanilla to hot water and mix into other ingredients.  Bake in 8″ round cake pans or pour into cupcakes, or bundt pan.  Check with toothpick after 25 minutes.  Delicious, rich, moist, versatile batter – passed down through generations!  I use a mixmaster.  Makes the perfect birthday cake!