1 3/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour
2 Teaspoons baking soda
1 Teaspoon baking powder
1 Teaspoon salt
2 Cups sugar
1 Cup Dutch-process coca
1/2 Cup vegetable oil
1 Cup buttermilk
1 Cup boiling water
2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
3 Large eggs
Preheat oven to 325
Grease two 9-inch cake pans, line with parchment, and grease and flour them.
Sift together the dry ingredients through strainer into a large mixing bowl.
Combine the oil, buttermilk, boiling water and vanilla in a medium bowl.
Add liquid to the dry ingredients and mix well.
Scrape the sides and bottom of the mixing bowl then beat in eggs one at a time.
Mix on medium speed for another 2 minutes or until smooth.
Divide batter into prepared pans.
Bake for 20-33 minutes until cake begins to pull away from edge of pan and a tester inserted in center comes out smooth.
Let cool in pan for 5 minutes.
Brush top with simple syrup.
Let stand 5 minutes.
Turn cakes out of pan.
Brush bottom with simple syrup.