chocolate cake

ingredients

cake

• 1 3/4 cup cake flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 3/4 cup cocoa
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp lite salt
• 3 large eggs, beaten
• 1 cup strong brewed coffee
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tsp vanilla< extract/li>
• 1 tsp vinegar
• 1 cup milk

icing

• 2 cup powdered sugar, divided
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 square baking chocolate
• 1/3 cup cocoa powder
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 2/3 cup sour cream, divided

method

cake

Sift flour, sugar, cocoa, soda, baking powder and salt into large bowl.

Add eggs coffee, oil and vanilla to dry ingredients. Beat until smooth.

In small bowl, mix vinegar and milk to make sour milk (or use buttermilk).

Mix sour milk into batter thoroughly.

Pour batter into a greased and floured rectangular cake pan.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35-45 minutes.

Cool on rack.

icing

Sift sugar into small bowl.

Melt butter and chocolate in top of double-boiler, over NOT in, boiling water in bottom of boiler.

Transfer chocolate mixture to a large bowl.

Whisk in cocoa and vanilla until smooth.

Whisk in half of sugar and half of sour cream until smooth.

Whisk in other half of sugar.

Whisk in enough sour cream to get to right consistency. You may not use all of it.

Continue whisking for about 5 minutes until icing is glossy and smooth.

Ice completly cooled cake.

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