My sister bakes some of the best cakes and I wanted to share some of her delicious recipes with all of you! This delectable, chocolatey cake is one of my favorites. She made it lovingly for my brother-in-law on his birthday and it was absolutely scrumptious. Enjoy 🙂
Time:
- Prep time – 20 minutes
- Cook time – 30 minutes
Ingredients for the Cake:
- All-purpose flour – 1.5 cups
- Castor Sugar – 1 cup
- Unsalted Butter – 227 g
- Sour Cream – 1 cup
- Chocolate – 1 cup
- I used Lindt dark chocolate 70 %
- Salt – 1/2 tsp
- Vanilla extract – 2 tsp
- Baking Powder – 1 tsp
- Baking Soda – 1 tsp
- Eggs – 4
Ingredients for the Chocolate Icing:
- Unsalted Butter – 1/3 cup
- Cocoa Powder – 2/3 cup
- Milk – 1/3 cup
- Powdered Sugar (a.k.a Icing Sugar) – 2 cup + 2/3 cup
- Vanilla Essence – 1 tsp
Method:
- Preheat the oven to 350F
- Mix the dry ingredients together, sift, and set aside
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl with a hand mixer
- Add the eggs one at a time to this and mix
- Add vanilla extract and mix
- Mix in the dry ingredients to this mixture and incorporate well using the hand mixer
- Melt the chocolate in a bain-marie (a container holding hot water into which a pan is placed for slow cooking) or in 15-second intervals in microwave mixing each time
- Add this melted chocolate to the mixture and mix well
- Add the sour cream in and mix it all together
- Bake in two 9 inch pans in the oven for 30 minutes
- Once done, let the cakes cool. Then take the cakes out of the pans gently by flipping onto plates or a cake stand
- To prepare the icing:
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Melt the butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Add the cocoa powder and stir until the mixture is smooth. Remove the pan from the heat and place the mixture into a medium-sized bowl. Let it cool slightly.
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Add the powdered sugar alternately with the milk and vanilla to the cocoa mixture. Beat with an electric mixer until you have the consistency you desire.
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- Spread the icing on the cake, and decorate with berries and chocolate sprinkles 🙂
Alisha Cooking 