Old Fashioned Sour Cream Chocolate Fudge Cake With Icing Recipes

OLD-FASHIONED CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Take everything out of the refrigerator so that all ingredients can come room temperature.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Put all the cake ingredients: flour, sugar, baking powder and soda, cocoa, butter, eggs, vanilla, and sour cream into a food processor and process until you have a smooth, thick batter. If you want to go the long way around, just mix the flour, sugar and leavening agents in a large bowl and beat in the soft butter until you have a combined and creamy mixture. Now whisk together the cocoa, sour cream, vanilla, and eggs and beat this into your bowl of mixture.
• Divide this batter, using a rubber spatula to help you scrape and spread, into the prepared tins and bake until a cake tester comes out clean, which should be about 35 minutes, but it is wise to start checking at 25 minutes. Also, it might make sense to switch the 2 cakes around in the oven halfway through cooking time. Remove the cakes, in their tins, to a wire rack and let cool for 10 minutes before turning out of their tins. Don't worry about any cracks as they will easily be covered by the frosting later.
• To make this icing, melt the chocolate and butter in a good-sized bowl either in the microwave or suspended over a pan of simmering water. Go slowly either way: you don't want any burning or seizing.
• While the chocolate and butter is cooling a little, sieve the confectioners' sugar into another bowl. Or, easier still, put the icing sugar into the food processor and blitz to remove lumps.
• Add the corn syrup to the cooled chocolate mixture, followed by the sour cream and vanilla and then when all this is combined whisk in the sieved confectioners' sugar. Or just pour this mixture down the funnel of the food processor onto the powdered sugar, with the motor running.
• You may need to add a little boiling water, say a teaspoon or so, or indeed some more confectioners' sugar, depending on whether you need the frosting to be thiner or thicker. It should be liquid enough to coat easily, but thick enough not to drip off.
• Choose your cake stand or plate and cut 4 strips of baking parchment to form a square and sit 1 of the cakes, uppermost (i.e. slightly domed) side down.
• Spoon about 1/3 of the frosting onto the center of the cake-half and spread with a knife or spatula until you cover the top of it evenly. Sit the other cake on top, normal way up, pressing gently to sandwich the 2 together.
• Spoon another 1/3 of the frosting onto the top of the cake and spread it in a swirly, textured way (though you can go for a smooth finish if you prefer, and have the patience). Spread the sides of the cake with icing and leave a few minutes until set, then carefully pull away the paper strips.
• I love to dot the top of this with sugar pansies, and you must admit, they do look enchanting, but there really is no need to make a shopping expedition out of it. Anything, or indeed nothing, will do.

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.

OLD-FASHIONED FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg, then egg white, beating well after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in water until smooth. Pour into a greased and floured 6-in. round baking pan., Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the sugar, cream and butter. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in marshmallows and chocolate chips until smooth. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake.

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.

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.

OLD FASHIONED FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9 inch tube pan. In small saucepan, heat butter, chocolate and water until chocolate melts and mixture is smooth, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool.
• Sift together into a large bowl the flour, sugar and baking soda. In a small bowl, beat egg slightly and combine with sour cream and vanilla. Stir into flour mixture. Pour in the cooled chocolate mixture. Beat at low speed for 5 minutes until completely combined and the consistency of heavy cream.
• Pour batter into prepared 9 inch tube pan. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.

SOUR CREAM FUDGE

Steps:

• Butter an 8-inch square pan.
• Butter the sides of a heavy, 2-quart saucepan; add sugar, sour cream, corn syrup, and salt. Cook, stirring constantly, over low heat until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to medium and cook until mixture comes to a boil. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mixture reaches 239 degrees F (115 degrees C) or until a small amount of sugar mixture dropped into cold water forms a soft ball that flattens when removed from the water and placed on a flat surface. Remove saucepan from heat.
• Stir butter and vanilla extract into sugar mixture and cool to lukewarm, about 110 degrees F (43 degrees C). Beat mixture vigorously until fudge is creamy and no longer glossy. Fold cherries and walnuts into fudge; pour into the prepared 8-inch pan. Allow to cool until hardened, at least 1 hour.