Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 cup cold water
• 1/4 cup shortening (like crisco)
• 2 teaspoons real vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1/3 cup real butter
• 3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons real vanilla

Recipe

• 1 melt the chocolate and cool just a little. place it and.
• 2 2 cups flour
• 3 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 ½ teaspoon salt
• 5 ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 6 2 cups sugar
• 7 1 cup cold water
• 8 ¼ cup shortening (like crisco)
• 9 2 teaspoons real vanilla
• 10 2 whole eggs
• 11 ¾ cup sour cream
• 12 into a large bowl and beat 3 1/2 minutes scraping if necessary -- the consistency will be a little thicker than a box cake mix.
• 13 pour into 2 pam sprayed round cake pans bake at 350 for 30 - 45 minute ( depends on oven & pan size).
• 14 cool & make the icingbu melting the 3 oz. chocolate,3 cups powdered sugar,1/2 cup sour cream and 2 teaspoons real vanilla; beat until smooth & put on the cake. refrigerate any leftover cake.