Decadent Chocolate Cake
Lauren
A little more dense then most cakes. Serve with whipped cream and raspberries. So good.
ingredients
Cake- 1 cup boiling water
- 3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
- 8 tblsp sweet butter (1 stick)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs, separated
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 cup of dairy sour cream
- 2 cups less 2 tblsp unbleached all purpose flour, sifted
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 2 tblsp sweet butter
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 6 tblsp heavy cream
- 1 1/4 cups sifted confectioners sugar, or as needed
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
directions
- 1
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Knock out excess. Pour boiling water over chocolate and butter; let stand until melted. Stir in vanilla and sugar, then whisk in egg yolks, one at a time, blending well after each addition. Mix baking soda and sour cream and whisk into chocolate mixture. Sift flour and baking powder together and add to batter, mixing thoroughly.
- 2
Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Stir a quarter of the egg whites thoroughly into the batter. Scoop remaining egg whites on top of the batter and gently fold together.
- 3
Pour batter into the prepared pan. Set on the middle rack of the oven and bake for 40-50 minutes, or until edges have pulled away from the sides of the pan and a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes; unmold and cool completely before frosting.
- 4
Frosting:
- 5
Place all ingredients in a heavy saucepan over low heat and whisk until smooth. Cool slightly; add more sugar if necessary. Spread on cake while frosting is still warm.
Source: Mary
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