The sour cream adds a subtle tanginess to this moist, chocolate-y cake. I made this for Justin’s birthday and loved it!
While you’re at it, click here to see how we used this recipe in our Owl Cake. Shown with this chocolate frosting.
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
- 1 cup baking cocoa
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 2 1/2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup sour cream
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 °F.
Dissolve cocoa in the boiling water; let stand until cool.
In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla.
Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well. Add cocoa mixture; beat well.
Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
Adapted from All Recipes.
Thats a LOT of sugar – is it okay to reduce the amount?
Most chocolate cake recipes that I know of have at least 2 cups of sugar. I’m not sure about the result if you change it.
frosting recipe?
sorry; just found the recipe for frosting
Do you have a suggestion for a replacement for the chocolate for the frosting? Ghirardelli 60% cacao chocolate chips are hard to find in Canada
Kelli hasn’t been on much lately with her busy school schedule, so I’ll give my opinion. I’d use any good chocolate chips you have there and not worry about the brand name. Personally as long as they are real chocolate and not imitation, I’d use them in this recipe.
Is this plain flour or self rising flour.
All-purpose flour
I do an icing made with 250 ml double cream, whipped till starting to thicken then add 5 heaping tbsp of baking cocoa and about 3/4 cup icing sugar while beating in …. Thickens lovely and creamy, not as greasy as butter icing, and not too sweet….
Where is the frosting recipe?
Sorry. I found it now.
This is one of those moist cakes right? I hate those dry cakes that go with coffee. Genuine question.
Yes it is!
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Where is the frosting recipe?
If you go to the Sour Cream Chocolate Cake recipe, there is a link in the blog part of how to use this cake to make the Owl cake and a link with the frosting recipe to go with it.
Hi Kim,
i’m baking the cake almost an hour at 350F and it isn’t baked completely yet. Are your sure about the 30-35 min? I think i’m going crazy.
The frosting is awesome!
Best regards from Spain.
Maria J.
P.D.: Tomorrow i’ll tell you the time i have spent baking the cake.
Kim, 1 hour. Maybe i have to check my oven…
xxx,
MJ.
That’s Kelli’s recipe and I haven’t made it before, but I’ll check with her and see what she says.