Chocolate Sour Cream Cake

Chocolate Sour Cream Cake

from completelydelicious.com
45 min

Incredibly rich and moist chocolate cake. The secret ingredient in both the cake and the icing is sour cream!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder ((110 grams))
  • 2 ½ cup all-purpose flour ((330 grams))
  • 1 ¼ teaspoon salt ((5 grams))
  • 2 ½ teaspoon baking soda ((11 grams))
  • 2 cups granulated sugar ((400 grams))
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 ¼ cups sour cream ((282 grams))
  • 1 cup vegetable oil ((267 ml))
  • 1 ¼ cup coffee ((295 ml))
  • 15 ounces semi-sweet chocolate (, chopped (425 grams))
  • 1 ¼ teaspoon instant espresso (, optional)
  • 2 cups sour cream (, at room temperature (450 grams))
  • ¼-½ cup light corn syrup ((59-118 ml))
  • ¾ teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 1 cup icing ((above))

Directions

  1. 1

    To make the cake, preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour three 8-inch or 9-inch cake pans and line bottoms with parchment paper.

  2. 2

    Melt the chocolate and instant espresso (if using) in a bowl placed over a pan of simmering water. Remove from heat and let cool for about 10 minutes.

  3. 3

    Place one cake layer on a cake stand or plate and cover the top with half of the filling. Place another layer on top, followed by the rest of the filling.