dessert recipes

Chocolate Sour Cream Cake


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1 3/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup butter or margarine; softened
2 cup dairy sour cream
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
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3 tablespoon butter or margarine
1/3 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
2 tablespoon milk; (up to 3 tb maybe needed)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 X 9 X 2-Inch baking pan. In a large mixer bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt, blending well. Blend in the butter, sour cream, eggs and vanilla. Beat for 3 minutes on medium speed. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden pick, inserted in the center, comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack. When cold, frost the Fudge Frosting. FUDGE FROSTING: In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Add the cocoa and cook, stirring constantly, until the mixture begins to boil. Pour the mixture into a small mixer bowl and allow to cool completely. Add the confectioners' sugar to the cocoa mixture alternately with the milk then beating to a spreading consistency. Blend in the vanilla.