Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup cocoa
• 1 cup water, boiling
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups cake flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 -5 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 dissolve cocoa in water and set aside.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time beating well after each. add vanilla.
• 4 combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
• 5 add dry ingredients to wet mixture alternately with cocoa mixture and sour cream.
• 6 pour into 3 greased and floured 9" round cake pans.
• 7 bake at 350 for 30-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
• 8 cool for 10 minutes and remove from pans.
• 9 cool completely before frosting.
• 10 frosting:.
• 11 in heavy saucepan melt chocolate chips and butter over low heat.
• 12 cool 5 minutes.
• 13 place in a mixing bowl and add sour cream and vanilla. mix well.
• 14 add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• 15 spread between layers and over top and sides of cake.
• 16 leftovers must be refrigerated.