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Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

A moist chocolate cake with sour cream and a thick layer of rich buttery frosting. Try this and you wont regret it.

Chef's Name	:	Divya Burman
Recipe Servings	:	15
Recipe Cook Time	:	1 Hour
Recipe Rating	:

Tags: cake, chocolate, desserts, sour cream

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Ingredients

For the cake:

2 cups flour

2 cups sugar

3/4 cup sour cream

1/4 cup butter

1 cup water

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp baking powder

2 eggs

4 squares (1 oz each unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled or 12 Tbsp cocoa + 4 Tbsp butter)

For the chocolate sour cream frosting:

1/3 cup soft butter

3 squares (1 oz each unsweetened chocolate melted and cooled or 9 Tbsp cocoa + 3 Tbsp butter)

3 cups icing sugar

1/2 cup sour cream

2 tsp vanilla

Method

For the cake:

Pre heat the oven at 200 degrees C.

Grease and flour pans. (2 pans 9 inch)

Beat ingredients on low speed, scraping bowl constantly for 30 seconds.

Beat on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally for 3 minutes.

Pour into pans.

Bake at 180 degrees till toothpick inserted in comes out clean. Should be about 35-40 minutes.

Frost it.

For the chocolate sour cream frosting:

Mix butter and chocolate.

Stir in sifted icing sugar.

Stir in sour cream and vanilla.

Beat until smooth and of spreading consistency.

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