Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 egg
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 2 1/2 cups flour
• 1 pinch salt
• 2 cups thick sour cream, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and cocoa 13 x 9 inch pan or 2 loaf pans.
• 3 cream first three ingredients until light and fluffy.
• 4 sift together dry ingredients.
• 5 mix soda and vanilla into sour cream and fold into creamed mixture.
• 6 add wet mixture to dry.
• 7 combine well but don't beat.
• 8 pour into prepared pans and bake until toothpick comes clean, approximately 40 minutes.
• 9 cool on wire rack.
• 10 frost as desired.