Sandy's Awesome Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups sour cream
• 1 1/3 cups boiling water
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 3 (1 ounce) unsweetened chocolate squares
• 3 (1 ounce) semi-sweet chocolate baking squares
• 5 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 for cake:.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, cream brown sugar and butter.
• 3 add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 4 beat on high speed until light and fluffy. blend in vanilla.
• 5 combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream to creamed mixture. mix on low just until combined.
• 6 stir in water until blended.
• 7 pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans.
• 8 bake at 350 degrees f for 35 minutes.
• 9 cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
• 10 for frosting:.
• 11 in a medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. cool several minutes.
• 12 in a mixing bowl, combine sugar, sour cream and vanilla.
• 13 add chocolate mixture and beat until smooth.
• 14 frost cooled cake.