Serendipity Chocolate Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 3 cups cake flour
• 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 lb unsalted butter, softened
• 2 lbs packed light brown sugar
• 7 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups cold water
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 lb unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 1 lb unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
• 2 cups heavy cream
• 2 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons light corn syrup
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 2 cups sour cream

Recipe

• 1 cake.
• 2 preheat oven to 325* and butter the bottoms of 4 9-inch cake pans and line with parchment.
• 3 sift together the flour and baking soda. cream the sugar and butter -- add eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture -- mix thoroughly. add the dry ingredients in three parts -- alternating with the cold water -- mix completely -- add the sour cream and melted chocolate. divide the batter between the prepared pans. bake for 30 to 40 minutes -- cool the cakes in their pans for 15 minutes -- the cakes will sink to half their height -- remove from pans and cool completely.
• 4 frosting.
• 5 place chocolate in large mixing bowl. heat the cream, sugar, and corn syrup just to boiling -- pour over the chopped chocolate -- slowly stir till smooth. add vanilla and cool completely -- then add sour cream -- frost -- store covered at room temperature.