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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: ae6854@csc.albany.edu (ELKORDY ANGELA B.)
- Subject: Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
- Message-ID: <1994Jan19.165740.4874@sarah.albany.edu>
- Organization: State University of New York at Albany
- Date: Wed, 19 Jan 94 16:57:40 GMT
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- A great basic chocolate cake! Use cake flour for best results.
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- Rosie's Famous Chocolate Sour-Cream Cake Layers
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- from Rosie's Bakery: All-Butter, Fresh Cream Sugar-Packed No-Holds-
- Barred Baking Book (says it all!)
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- 4 ounces of unsweetened chocolate
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup strong brewed coffee or 5 teaspoons instant coffee powder
- dissolved in 1 cup hot water
- 1/2 cup sour cream, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten with a fork, at room temperature
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- 1. Preheat the oven to 345 degrees F. Lightly grease two 8" layer
- cake pans with vegetable oil or butter, or line them with parchment
- circles or inserts.
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- 2. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler placed over
- simmering water, then turn off the heat (I use the microwave).
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- 3. Sift the sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt together into a large
- mixing bowl.
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- 4. In a separate bowl, blend the hot coffee, sour cream, and
- vegetable oil with a whisk.
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- 5. With the mixer on low, add the coffee mixture in a stream to the
- dry ingredients and mix until blended, about 35 seconds. Stop the
- mixer to scrape the bowl several times with a rubber spatula.
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- 6. Add the eggs one at a time and mix on medium-low speed after
- each addition until smooth, about 15 seconds. Scrape the bowl each
- time. Add the chocolate and mix until the batter is uniform in color,
- about 10 seconds more.
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- 7. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared plans and place
- them on the center rack of the oven.
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- 8. Bake until the cake springs back to the touch and a tester inserted
- in the center comes out dry (do not wait for a crust to form), 35 to 38
- minutes.
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- 9. Cool the layers in the pans on a rack before frosting.
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- Try with raspberry preserves in the middle with chocolate icing on
- top.
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