Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Layer Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/4 cups brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 3/4 cups chocolate chips, divided

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly grease 2 8in cake pans.
• 3 stir flour with baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 4 beat butter with brown sugar in a separate bowl until light and fluffy.
• 5 beat in eggs, one at a time, add vanilla.
• 6 whisk 1/2 cup sour cream with milk.
• 7 on low speed, alternately beat in flour and sour cream mixtures, in 2 additions, until batter is smooth.
• 8 stir in 3/4 cup chocolate chips until evenly distributed.
• 9 divide batter equally between the prepared pans.
• 10 bake 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean.
• 11 cool 10 minutes, turnout onto rack to cool completely, once cooled, cut each cake into 2 layers.
• 12 melt remaining chocolate chips in the microwave on med for 1-2 minutes, stirring every 30 seconds.
• 13 stir in remaining sour cream, beat until fluffy. chill 15 minutes or until frosting is smooth and approx as thick as peanut butter.
• 14 use to frost layers and top of cooled cake.