Chocolate Sour Cream Cake With Fudgy Frosting Recipes

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
• 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.
• Spread the frosting evenly onto the cooled to room temperature cake.
• Makes 18 servings. Leftover cake should be covered tightly and refrigerated.

OLD FASHIONED SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE FUDGE CAKE WITH ICING

Steps:

• Preheat Oven to 350°.
• CAKE:.
• Butter a 9x13 cake pan with 1 tbs of butter and set aside.
• Dissolve the coffee powder in the hot water and let cool.
• In a medium bowl, or on a piece of waxed paper, sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda and salt.
• In a large bowl, cream together the 8 tbs of butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
• Add the sour cream and mix well.
• In 3 additions, add the flour mixture alternately with the eggs, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in the melted chocolate, dissolved coffee, and vanilla.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 30-35 minutes.
• Cool on a large wire rack for about 10 minutes.
• Carefully run a knife around the edges of cake, invert onto rack to cool completely.
• ICING:.
• Beat the room temperature butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
• On low speed, beat in confectioner's sugar, about 1/4 cup at a time until smooth. Add the cooled chocolate and vanilla, mix well.
• Slice the cake in half horizontally. Transfer the bottom, cut side up to a platter (I gently slide the top layer onto a cutting board until needed).
• Spread about 1/2 of the icing over the cake, it will be a generous amount.
• Top with the top half of the cake, cut side down.
• Spread the remaining icing over the top and sides of cake.
• Sprinkle with powdered sugar to garnish if desired.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Dissolve cocoa in boiling water; cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Add cocoa mixture and mix well. , Pour into 3 greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Cool for 5 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. If desired, decorate with sprinkles. Store in the refrigerator.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Melt chocolate and the butter together. Let cool and blend in the sour cream, vanilla, and salt. Gradually add the confectioner's sugar until the frosting is of spreading consistency, beat well.

OLD FASHIONED SOUR CREAM FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degF.
• Sift tog.
• flour, baking soda and salt, set aside.
• Cream butter, then add brown sugar and continue beating for 5 minutes.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add vanilla and chocolate.
• Alternately blend in flour mixture and sour cream, 1/3 at a time on low speed of electric mixer.
• Add boiling water, blending well (batter will be thin).
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9" round layer cake pans.
• Bake at 350 degF for 35- 40 minutes or until cake tester inserted in centre comes out clean.
• Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove and finish cooling on racks.
• Frosting: Combine chocolate, icing sugar, butter, hot water and egg.
• Blend; then beat at medium speed of electric mixer for 2 minutes.
• Chill until of spreading consistency.
• Carefully ice cake (cake crumb is very tender).
• You may not want to use the above icing due to the raw egg, so I would suggest making a seven minutes frosting.

CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the chocolate, water sour cream, shortening, vanilla and eggs; mix well. Combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and baking powder; gradually add to chocolate mixture. Beat on low speed just until moistened. Beat on high for 3 minutes. , Pour into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a large bowl, combine frosting ingredients. Beat until smooth and creamy. Spread between layers and over top and side of cake. Store in the refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM FUDGE

Steps:

• Butter an 8 inch square baking dish, and set aside. In a heavy saucepan, combine the sugar, sour cream, corn syrup and butter. Bring to a boil; cover and cook one minute. Stir until well blended. Remove the lid, and without stirring, heat to between 234 and 240 degrees F (112 to 116 degrees C), or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface.
• Remove from the heat, and add the chocolate and vanilla. Do not stir. Set the pan over a wire rack until the mixture cools to about 175 degrees F (80 degrees C). This should take about 15 minutes.
• Beat the fudge with a wooden spoon until it thickens and loses its gloss. Stir in walnuts, and pour into the buttered dish. Spread evenly, then set aside to cool. Cut into small squares.

CHOCOLATE SHEET CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 13x9x2-inch metal baking pan. Whisk first 5 ingredients in medium bowl to blend. Beat butter in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually add sugar, beating until well blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Beat in flour mixture in 4 additions alternately with 3/4 cup sour cream in 3 additions. Fold in 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips and almonds; spread in prepared pan. Bake cake until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 45 minutes. Transfer to rack; cool cake. Meanwhile, combine remaining 3/4 cup sour cream and 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips in heavy medium saucepan. Stir over very low heat just until chocolate melts and frosting is smooth (do not boil). Spread frosting over cake in pan. Let stand until frosting sets, at least 1 hour.

GOLDEN CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter 2 (9- by 2-inch) round cake pans and line bottoms of each with rounds of wax or parchment paper. Butter paper and dust pans with flour, knocking out excess.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Beat together butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat in vanilla. Add half of flour mixture and mix at low speed until just blended. Add sour cream, mixing until just combined, then add remaining flour mixture, mixing at low speed until batter is smooth.
• Divide batter between pans, smoothing tops. Bake in middle of oven until cake is springy to the touch and a tester comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 10 minutes, then invert onto racks, remove paper, and cool completely.
• Trim tops of cooled cake layers with a long serrated knife if necessary to make flat and level. Halve each layer horizontally with serrated knife to make a total of 4 layers.
• Put 1 cake layer on a cake plate and spread with 3/4 cup frosting. Layer remaining cake layers using 3/4 cup frosting between each layer. Frost top and sides of cake with remaining frosting.