Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
• 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted and warm
• 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/3 cup ground almonds

Recipe

• 1 topping: in bowl, stir together brown and granulated sugars, cinnamon and salt; stir in butter.
• 2 stir in all-purpose flour and ground almonds, using hands to press mixture together. let cool.
• 3 in large bowl, beat butter with sugar until combined. beat in egg yolk.
• 4 in separate bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda and salt. stir into butter mixture alternately with sour cream, making 3 additions of flour mixture and 2 of sour cream. stir in chocolate.
• 5 spread in parchment paper-lined 8-inch square metal cake pan. crumble topping evenly over batter.
• 6 bake at 350f until tester inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. let cool on rack.
• 7 switch it up to: sour cream chocolate chunk crumb cake - substitute 1/3 cup chopped bittersweet chocolate for the melted chocolate.