Sandy's Chocolate Cake Recipe

Nutrition Facts

  • One serving:
  • (1 piece)
  • Calories:
  • 738
  • Fat:
  • 30 g
  • Saturated Fat:
  • 18 g
  • Cholesterol:
  • 139 mg
  • Sodium:
  • 609 mg
  • Carbohydrate:
  • 113 g
  • Fiber:
  • 2 g
  • Protein:
  • 7 g


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Sandy's Chocolate Cake

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"I held this velvety, rich cake on my lap during the 4-1/2 hour drive to the Greatest Cocoa Cake Contest at the Pennsylvania Farm Show last January," recalls Sandy Johnson, who lives on a dairy farm near Tioga. "By the time we got to the judges table, I was almost too tired to care if I won." But win she did! Topping 59 other entries, Sandy's impressive layer cake with creamy frosting took first place!

SERVINGS: 12-14

CATEGORY: Dessert

METHOD: Baked

TIME: Prep: 15 min. Bake: 35 min. + cooling

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups packed brown sugar
  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 4 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2-2/3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 1 tablespoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/3 cups sour cream
  • 1-1/3 cups boiling water
  • FROSTING:
  • 1/2 cup butter or margarine
  • 3 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate
  • 3 squares (1 ounce each) semisweet chocolate
  • 5 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 1 cup (8 ounces) sour cream
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

In a mixing bowl, cream brown sugar and butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy. Blend in vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream to creamed mixture. Mix on low just until combined. Stir in water until blended. Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° for 35 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. For frosting, in a medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool several minutes. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, sour cream and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake. Yield: 12-14 servings.

  • Re: Sandy's Chocolate Cake

    very good cake

    jacky1234
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