Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
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You’re going to love this sour cream chocolate cake recipe. My family loves when I make it. Plus this has one of the best homemade frosting recipes that you should save and make for other cakes as well. It’s delicious!
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
Cake Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 3 cups packed brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups sour cream
- 1 1/3 cup boiling water
Frosting Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped
- 3 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate, chopped
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 10×15 inch (4-4.5 quart) glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into another large mixing bowl. Whisk to combine.
- Add the wet mixture and sour cream to the dry ingredients and beat with an electric mixer just until well blended.
- Add the boiling water then stir until combined.
- Pour the batter evenly into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes until a toothpick or knife is inserted into the center of the cake and comes out clean.
- Set the cake aside to cool.
- Microwave the butter in a microwave safe bowl just until melted. Stir in the semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate. Microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until the chocolate is melted.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the melted chocolate and butter mixture, powdered sugar, sour cream, and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
Sour cream keeps this classic chocolate cake moist. I also make chocolate frosting that will work on any of your favorite cake recipes!
Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup butter softened
- 3 cups packed brown sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 3 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/3 cups sour cream
- 1 1/3 cup boiling water
Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter
- 3 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate chopped
- 3 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate chopped
- 5 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease a 10x15 inch (4-4.5 quart) glass baking dish with non-stick cooking spray.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Stir in vanilla extract.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into another large mixing bowl. Whisk to combine.
- Add the wet mixture and sour cream to the dry ingredients and beat with an electric mixer just until well blended.
- Add the boiling water then stir until combined.
- Pour the batter evenly into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 45 minutes until a toothpick or knife is inserted into the center of the cake and comes out clean.
- Set the cake aside to cool.
- Microwave the butter in a microwave safe bowl just until melted. Stir in the semi-sweet and unsweetened chocolate. Microwave in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval, until the chocolate is melted.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the melted chocolate and butter mixture, powdered sugar, sour cream, and vanilla; beat with an electric mixer until smooth.
Nutrition
Calories: 908kcalCarbohydrates: 135gProtein: 8gFat: 40gSaturated Fat: 24gCholesterol: 139mgSodium: 651mgPotassium: 371mgFiber: 4gSugar: 106gVitamin A: 1065IUVitamin C: 0.4mgCalcium: 132mgIron: 4.5mg
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