My favorite chocolate cake

It's Labor Day weekend. I just got through baking my favorite chocolate cake and thought I would share the recipe. I got it from a good friend from college and have used it so many times that the recipe card is yellowed and dogeared. The icing is like fudge. The cake is moist and wonderful

But if you want to cheat and go with a boxed cake, see the recipe at the bottom for a really quick and easy picnic treat.

Okay, first Crazy Cake:
3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 teas salt
2 teas soda
1/3 cup cocoa
Mix in a bowl with a spoon.
Add:
3/4 cup oil
2 Tblespn vinegar
1 teas vanilla
2 cups water
Beat until mixed.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes.

Frosting
Put 1 cup sugar, 1/4 cup melted butter and 1/4 cup milk in saucepan. Heat to boiling. Remove. Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Stir until melted. Frost cake.

Now for the easy fun picnic cupcakes.
Use a chocolate cake mix. Make as directed. Set aside. Blend 8 oz of cream cheese with 1/4 cup sugar. Add 1/2 cup chocolate chips. Fill cupcake paper inserts half full of cake batter. Drop a heaping tablespoon of the cream cheese mixture into the middle of each. Bake following directions on cake box.
There is no need to ice these. They go very fast. You can't just eat one!