This cake is wonderful. The sour cream makes it moist and rich. Its a simple recipe you make from scratch using unsweetened chocolate bars. Chocolate Cake is an indulgence. I love my chocolate. It addicting you know or so they say. Enjoy!
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake Recipe
ingredients
- 2 cups self-rising flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup water
- 3/4 cup diary sour cream
- ¼ cup shortening
- ¼ teaspoon soda
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 4 oz unsweetened chocolate melted (cooled)
- 3 8-inch layer pans or 2 9-inch layer pans
To Prepare Recipe:
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour pans. Mix all Recipe Ingredients in a large mixing bowl for ½ minutes on low speed, blending well. Beat at 3 minutes on high. Pour into pans. Bake for 40 .45 minutes.
- 1/3 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 3 ounces melted Chocolate, Unsweetened (cooled)
- 3 cups confectioners sugar
- ½ cup dairy sour cream
- 2 teaspoon vanilla
To Prepare Recipe: Mix butter and chocolate together thoroughly. Blend in sugar. Stir in sour cream and vanilla. Beat until smooth and of spreading consistency.
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 tbsp. cocoa
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 tsp soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 6 tbsp. oil
- 1 tbsp. vinegar
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 1 cup water
Sift dry ingredients together. Put in ungreased 10 inch cake pan. Make 3 holes in flour mixture. Into one hole put oil, into one put vinegar and into the other put vanilla. Pour water over all and mix with a fork. Don't beat.
Bake at 350 degrees till done. Frost.