Chocolate Cake With Sour Cream And Fudgy Frosting Food

CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM FUDGE SNACK CAKE

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease an 8 x 8-inch baking pan.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Sift the first 8 ingredients in a large bowl.
• In a small bowl, whisk together sour cream, melted butter, egg and vanilla.
• Add the sour cream mixture to the dry ingredients, and beat with a wooden spoon or a whisk until just combined.
• Add in chocolate chips and walnuts; mix to combine.
• Transfer the batter into prepared baking pan.
• Bake for about 35-45 minutes, or until cake tests done.

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.

CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM AND FUDGY FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. Let eggs stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans. Set aside. 2. In small bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In large bowl beat shortening and sugar on medium speed until combined. Beat in eggs and vanilla until combined. Beat in melted chocolate and sour cream. Alternately add flour mixture and milk; beat on low after each addition just until combined. Divide batter evenly between the prepared pans. Using a small offset spatula or rubber spatula, smooth the top of batter in each pan. 3. Bake 25 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool cake layers in pans on wire racks for 10 minutes. Using a small metal spatula, loosen sides of each cake layer. Place a wire rack on top of one pan; carefully invert pan with rack. Lift pan off cake layer. Repeat with the remaining cake layer. Cool cake layers on wire racks about 2 hours or until completely cool. 4. Prepare Fudgy Frosting. Place one layer flat side down on plate. Spread top with 1 cup frosting. Stack second layer flat side down. Spread the top and sides with the remaining frosting. Makes 16 servings. Fudgy Frosting 1. In large pan over low heat melt and stir semisweet chocolate pieces and butter. Cool 10 minutes. Stir in sour cream. Stir in powdered sugar; stir until smooth. Makes 4 cups.

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.

SOUR CREAM FUDGE LAYER CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE RUM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Two 9 inch round pans; line bottoms with parchment paper. Butter pans well and dust with cocoa powder; shake out excess.
• CAKE.
• Combine coffee with chocolate in large glass bowl and microwave on high 1-2 min until very hot and chocolate has melted.
• Whisk in rum until smooth.
• Cool to room temperature.
• Place sour cream in smaller bowl and add soda and salt, stir.
• Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Beat in chocolate mixture until smooth.
• Beat in 1/2 flour, 1/2 sour cream; repeat. Make a smooth batter.
• Spread evenly in prepared pans.
• Bake on middle rack for 35-40 minutes or until cake feels firm in the centre and the edges begin to pull away from the sides.
• Cool on racks for 5 minutes, turn out onto wire racks to cool.
• Cakes can be plastic wrapped and frozen for 1 month at this stage or continue on with frosting.
• FROSTING.
• Sift sugar and cocoa into a large bowl.
• Beat in butter and rum, start at low speed, until smooth.
• Beat in enough milk or sour cream to make a spreadable frosting.
• Frost top of one cake, then top with other cake. Frost sides and then the top of the cake. Decorate with chocolate curls or raspberries or eat it just as it is!
• Enjoy!

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.

"TOP TIER" DEVIL'S FOOD CAKE WITH SOUR CREAM-FUDGE FROSTING

Steps:

• Position rack in center of oven; preheat to 350°F. Butter two 5-inch cake pans with 2-inch-high sides. Line bottom of pans with parchment paper; butter parchment. Combine cocoa powder and milk chocolate in medium bowl. Pour 1/4 cup boiling water over; whisk until mixture is smooth. Whisk in buttermilk.
• Whisk flour, baking soda, and salt in another medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat both sugars, oil, egg, and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Add flour and cocoa mixtures; beat until blended (batter will be thin). Divide batter between pans.
• Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out with some crumbs attached, 28 to 30 minutes. Cool in pans on racks 15 minutes. Turn out onto racks; peel off parchment. Turn over; cool on racks.
• Place chocolate in large metal bowl. Set bowl over saucepan of simmering water and stir until melted and smooth. Remove bowl from over water. Add butter and stir until melted, then add sour cream and corn syrup and whisk until smooth. Let frosting stand at room temperature until thick enough to spread, about 20 minutes.
• Using serrated knife, trim top of cakes to make level. Cut each cake horizontally in half. Place 1 cake layer, cut side up, on platter. Spread 1/4 cup frosting over, leaving 1/2-inch border. Top with second cake layer, cut side down. Spread 1/4 cup frosting over, leaving 1/2-inch border. Top with third cake layer, cut side up. Spread 1/4 cup frosting over, leaving 1/2-inch border. Top with remaining cake layer, cut side down. Spread 1/3 cup frosting over top and sides. Chill until frosting is set, about 30 minutes. Keep remaining frosting at room temperature.
• Spread remaining frosting evenly over top and sides of cake. DO AHEAD: Can be made 2 days ahead. Cover with cake dome and store at room temperature.
• Arrange roses atop cake and serve.

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.