Dear Abby's Fabulous Chocolate Cake & Frosting
"Gold Medal flour or swans down cake flour(probably cake flour) Remember they have changed bakers squares so watch ounces"
Original is 8 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (191 g)
- Calories 555.5
- Total Fat - 18.6 g
- Saturated Fat - 11.1 g
- Cholesterol - 44.2 mg
- Sodium - 708.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 95 g
- Dietary Fiber - 3.4 g
- Sugars - 71.2 g
- Protein - 6.3 g
- Calcium - 58 mg
- Iron - 1.3 mg
- Vitamin C - 0.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Cake:
Step 2
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Step 3
Grease 2 eight inch round layer cake pans
Step 4
Flour lightly, tap out excess.
Step 5
Combine, melt and cool chocolate, butter and water. (In microwave)
Step 6
Sift into mixing bowl the flour, baking soda and salt. Mix in separate large bowl the eggs, sour cream, sugar and vanilla.
Step 7
Stir chocolate mixture into egg mixture.
Step 8
Add this to flour mixture one half at a time, just until smooth. (Batter will be thin.)
Step 9
Pour evenly into
Step 10
Two 8 inch layers.
Step 11
Bake 35-40 minutes at 350 degrees.
Step 12
Frosting:
Step 13
Beat until blended.
Step 14
Put in double boiler that's boiling
Step 15
Cook in double boiler, beating constantly with electric beater 5-7 minutes.
Step 16
Remove from water; stir in vanilla.
Step 17
Melt 1 square chocolate with 1 tablespoon butter. (In microwave)Drizzle over top of frosting letting mixture run down sides.
Tips
No special items needed.
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