Best Birthday Cake EVER!!!

This is my favorite chocolate cake of all time - it has been my birthday cake more times than I will admit to counting.  I am a serious peanut butter junkie so we alway topped this with peanut butter cream frosting but that isn't essential because the cake is amazing even plain.  

Crazy Cocoa Cake 

INGREDIENTS

 3 cups all-purpose flour

 2 cups white sugar

 1 teaspoon salt

 2 teaspoons baking soda

 1/2 cup baker's cocoa powder

 3/4 cup vegetable oil

 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar

 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

 2 cups cold water

PREPERATION

Mix dry ingredients first. Sift flour, sugar, salt, and cocoa powder together into a 9 x 13 inch ungreased cake pan. Make three wells. Pour oil into one well, vinegar into second, and vanilla into third well. Spoon the baking soda into the vinegar well. Pour cold water over all, and whisk throughly till well blended.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 to 40 minutes, or until tooth pick inserted comes out clean.

Peanut Butter Frosting

8 tablespoons butter, softened

1/2 cup smooth peanut butter

3/4 cup confectioners' sugar

1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 tablespoon heavy cream

Directions:

In standing mixer fitted with whisk attachment, beat butter and peanut butter at medium-high speed until smooth. Add confectioners' sugar; beat at medium-low speed until most of the sugar is moistened, about 45 seconds. Scrape down bowl and beat at medium speed until mixture is fully combined, about 15 seconds; scrape bowl, add vanilla and heavy cream, and beat at medium speed until incorporated, about 10 seconds, then increase speed to medium-high and beat until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes.

*For chocoholics like my Dad, Mom would squirt a little Hershy Syrup in the frosting when mixing, about a table spoon.