Chocolate Sour Cream Cake
Delicious chocolate cake great for any occasion.
Servings: 1 9 inch 3 tier cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup buttermilk - to make your own buttermilk add 1 teaspoon vinegar to 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- Grease and dust in flour 3 - 9 inch round cake pans.
- Add butter and sugar to a bowl and blend together until smooth.
- Add eggs, sour cream and vanilla and blend again.
- In another bowl, mix together the cocoa powder, flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
- Add dry mixture to the wet mixture, add the buttermilk and blend until smooth.
- Divide among pans and bake for ~20-22 minutes or until the cakes are cooked through and toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool cakes, level cakes and frost with your favorite frostings.