Sour Cream Chocolate Layer Cake

Total Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 cups flour, unbleached, sifted
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup vegetable shortening
• 3/4 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup water
• 4 ounces baking chocolate
• 1/3 cup butter or 1/3 cup regular margarine
• 3 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 3 ounces baking chocolate

Recipe

• 1 sift togetehr the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large mixing bowl.
• 2 add shortening, sour cream, vanilla, eggs, water and chocolate (melted then cooled).
• 3 beat with an electric mixer at low speed, scraping bowl constantly, for 1/2 minute.
• 4 increase speed to high and beat an additional 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
• 5 pour batter into 2 greased and waxed-paper lined 9-inch round cake pans.
• 6 bake in a preheated 350 degree f.
• 7 oven for 35 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 8 cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes.
• 9 remove from pans and cool completely on the racks.
• 10 place one cake layer on serving plate.
• 11 spread with sour cream / chocolate frosting.
• 12 top with second cake layer.
• 13 frost sides and top of the cake with the remaining sour cream/chocolate frosting.
• 14 sour cream/chocolate frosting: combine the softened butter or margarine, confectioners' sugar, and sour cream in a mixing bowl; blend well.
• 15 add chocolate which has been melted and cooled and vanilla.
• 16 beat until smooth.
• 17 try this little trick when making this cake.
• 18 take the layer that has the least amount of rise on the top and trim it to be flat with a sharp knife.
• 19 place the trimmed side down (layer should be upside down).
• 20 then frost between layers and place the other layer on right side up and finished frosting.
• 21 it will give the illusion of having a cake with only one domed layer and will sit better on your cake plate.
• 22 also the trimmings are great eating just plain for the cook or for the kids.