Sweet or Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
photo by Johns in the Kitchen
- Ready In:
- 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Yields:
-
3 9
- Serves:
- 8-12
ingredients
- 4 medium eggs, separated
- 2 cups cream (sweet cream or sour cream. I prefer sour)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 ounces baking chocolate, melted
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 1⁄2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 6 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda (if using sour cream)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Melt and cool baking chocolate in double boiler or by other means and allow to cool. Cream together egg yolks, sugar and cream, and add chocolate and vanilla.
- Sift together flour, salt, cocoa powder and baking soda and add to wet ingredients.
- Beat egg whites until soft peaks form and carefully fold into batter.
- Pour batter evenly between 3 9" round cake pans and bake in the oven at 350 F for 25-30 minute or until toothpick comes out clean. Remove from oven, cover with clean dishtowel and allow to cool before removing from pans.
- I usually frost with a buttercream or cream cheese frosting and then drizzle bitter chocolate around the top to cut the sweetness of the frosting.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Johns in the Kitchen
Portland, Oregon