Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

I've seen this cake from one of culinary show in Travel & Living Channel. It was look so mouth drooling. But somehow I can't even remember the ingredients except that it used Sour Cream to moistened the cake.

And yesterday it's just about the time to try. I have sour cream in my fridge, and I have a birthday sign on my calendar. The problem is.. I don't have the mood to make it until my darling daughter asked why I don't have a birthday cake to celebrate my birthday. She said she already prepared the balloons to cheered up the celebration. Oh dear.. That's a question I could never ignore.

So then I googling the recipe and found the simple one. Well.. It's not that simple but it has unsual method and makes me so curious to try. And I tell you what.. I finally found another best cake recipe after Red Velvet! Yess.. I love it damn much. The texture is just right. Thick but not hard, moist and so lovely to chew.

I only made the cake from the recipe. The cake is supposed to frost with chocolate icing but I'm soooo lazy to chopped and melted the chocolate. So I just used a whipped cream and melted white chocolate chips to filled and frosted the cake. I don't even use any pipping bag or spuit to decorate it. But hey.. For a 4 years old girl, any cake with a candle on it is a birthday cake. :))

SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE

By : Diana Rattray (Southern Food)

Ingredients:

• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa --> I used 80% cocoa powder
  
• 1 3/4 cup sugar --> I used only 1 cup of confectioners sugar
  
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine --> unsalted butter
  
• 2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Methods:

• Line bottoms of three 8-inch layer pans with wax paper.
• In a saucepan over medium low heat, combine cocoa, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 egg yolk, and milk. 
• Cook, stirring constantly to prevent sticking, until thickened. Cool. 
• Cream butter until light and fluffy; add remaining 1 cup of sugar, beating until well blended. 
• Add 1 egg and 2 egg yolks; mix well. 
• Stir in sifted dry ingredients alternately with sour cream. 
• Add vanilla and cocoa mixture. 
• Beat remaining (3) egg whites until stiff; fold into cake batter.  
• Pour batter evenly into the three pans. Bake at 350° for 30 to 35 minutes. 
• Turn out onto racks and peel off wax paper. Cool.
• Frost with Chocolate Butter Frosting or your favorite frosting. 

Notes :  

• I made only 1/2 recipe and used two 16 cm round cake pans.  
• For the frosting I used fresh strawberries and 1/2 cup of cream, beat until fluffy. Then add 1/4 cup of melted white chocolate chip. Beat together until thick. 

And who's bithday exactly it is?? :))