Sour Cream Chocolate Loaf Cake Recipes

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 LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack one-third up from the bottom of the oven; preheat oven to 325°.
• Butter a 9x5 inch loaf pan; dust it lightly with fine, dry bread crumbs; invert pan over paper and top to shake out excess.
• Place the chocolate and instant coffee in a small mixing bowl; add in the boiling water; stir occasionally until the chocolate is melted.
• Then let stand to cool to room temperature; it is all right if the chocolate settles to the bottom.
• Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt; set aside.
• In a large bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter.
• Add in the vanilla and brown sugar; beat to mix well.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until it is thoroughly incorporated.
• On low speed gradually add the sifted dry ingredients, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula and beating only until smooth.
• Then add the sour cream and again beat only until smooth.
• Finally, stir the cooled chocolate and gradually, on low speed, beat it inches.
• The batter will be thin; pour it into the prepared pan.
• Bake for 60-75 minutes, until pick comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan for several minutes; then cover with a rack, invert pan and rack, remove pan, and let cake cool upside down.
• When the cake is cool, prepare icing.
• Icing: place the chocolate in the top of a small double boiler over hot water on low heat.
• Cover and let the chocolate melt.
• Meanwhile, place the butter, vanilla, powdered sugar, and the egg in the small bowl of an electric mixer; beat until smooth.
• Add in the warm melted chocolate; continue to beat until smooth and creamy.
• Spread the icing over the top of the cake; smooth it, or you can make deep zigzag ridges by moving a spatula or the back of a spoon through this thick, creamy icing.
• Let the cake stand for an hour or so until the icing is set (if you refrigerate this cake, the icing will become firm fudge candy).

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CHIP NUT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-5-inch standard loaf pan.
• Make the cinnamon sugar: In a small bowl, mix together the sugar and cinnamon
• Make the batter: In a large bowl, using an electric mixer at medium speed, beat the eggs until frothy, about 3 minutes. Add the sugar and vanilla, beating until smooth. In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Add the melted butter and sour cream to the egg-and-sugar mixture; beat until well combined. At low speed, add the dry mixture to the wet mixture a spoonful at a time, beating just until smooth. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spread half of the batter in the prepared pan and sprinkle evenly with about two-thirds of the cinnamon sugar. Sprinkle with the walnuts. Top with the remaining batter, spreading evenly, then sprinkle with the remaining cinnamon sugar.
• Bake for 50 to 55 minutes or until a knife or skewer inserted in the center comes out clean.

BANANA CHOCOLATE CHIP SOUR CREAM LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan OR 3 mini loaf pans.
• In a bowl, cream together the butter or margarine and the sugar, until light and fluffy.
• Add in the eggs and the salt; beat until well mixed.
• In a small bowl, dissolve the baking powder and the baking soda in the sour cream, and add to the creamed mixture; mix well until blended.
• With a wooden spoon, stir in the banana pulp.
• Gradually, add in the flour mixture, vanilla; mix well with a wooden spoon, until well combined.
• Add in the chocolate chips, and the chopped nuts (if using).
• Transfer the batter into a prepared baking pan.
• Bake for 1-1/2 hours (for 9x5" baking pan), or until cake test done.
• For the mini loaf pans, bake for 45-50 minutes, or until they test done.

SOUR CREAM DARK CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 9-inch round baking pans.
• Dissolve cocoa powder in boiling water in a bowl; set aside to cool completely.
• Beat white sugar and canola oil together in a bowl with an electric mixer until smooth; add eggs, one at time, beating well after each addition. Stir vanilla extract into creamed mixture.
• Sift flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together in a separate bowl. Mix flour mixture and sour cream alternately into the creamed mixture. Beat cocoa mixture into batter until incorporated. Pour batter into the prepared baking pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of each cake comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack. Wrap cakes in plastic wrap and store in refrigerator.
• Beat butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until creamy and smooth; scrape down sides of bowl with a rubber spatula. Mix confectioners' sugar, 1/2 cup at a time, into the creamed butter until sugar is incorporated. Add salt and beat on medium-high until frosting is light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• Place one cake on a serving plate; spread 1/4 the frosting on the top of cake. Place second cake on the frosting layer; spread 1/4 the frosting on second cake. Place the third cake atop the second cake. Spread the remaining frosting on the top cake and around sides of entire layer cake.

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.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325. Butter 9x5x3 loaf pan and dust lightly with bread crumbs.
• Place chocolate and instant coffee in small bowl. Add boiling water. Stir occasionally until chocolate is melted. Let cool to room temperature.
• Sift flour, baking soda and salt, and set aside.
• In large bowl of an electric mixer cream the butter. Add vanilla and brown sugar and beat to mix well. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition until thoroughly incorporated.
• On low speed, gradually add dry ingredients, scraping bowl with rubber spatula and beating only til smooth.
• Add sour cream and beat only til smooth. Stir in cooled chocolate on low speed. Batter will be thin. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake for 60-70 min. or until top of cake springs back in center when lightly pressed with finger. Cool cake in pan on a rack.

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 8x8 inch or 4 mini loaf pans.
• In a medium bowl, mix flour, soda, baking powder and baking soda. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well each time. Add vanilla.
• Add flour mixture alternately with sour cream. Mix until well blended. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Make streusel mixture: In a medium bowl, mix walnuts, sugar and cinnamon together until blended.
• Pour in half the batter and sprinkle some streusel mixture across the pan (s). Add remaining batter and sprinkle streusel mixture on the top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Bake 30 minutes for mini loaves and 45 minutes for 8x8 inch pan.