Favorite Chocolate Cake

This is always a hit! I use a mint flavored frosting for this cake.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 60 mins
• Calories: 326 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter
• 1 ½ cups white sugar
• 2 cups cake flour
• ½ cup water
• 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• ⅔ cup sour cream

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 9 inch round cake pans.

Step 2

Sift the flour with the baking soda and salt three times.

Step 3

Boil the water and add it to the chocolate, and stir until melted.

Step 4

Cream together the butter or margarine and the sugar. Add the eggs and mix well. Stir in the vanilla.

Step 5

Blend in the chocolate mixture to the creamed mixture. Add the flour alternately with the sour cream, beating well after each addition. Pour batter into two 9 inch round cake pans.

Step 6

Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until cakes tests done.