Double Chocolate Layer Cake Recipe

By sklesley

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar
• 3 large eggs
• 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1/4 tsp. salt
• 1 cup milk
• 3/4 cup sour cream

Details

Servings 1
Adapted from top.grandmotherskitchen.org

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

1 In a bowl, with a mixer on medium speed, beat butter and brown sugar until blended. Beat in eggs.

2 Add melted chocolate and vanilla; beat until combined.

3 In another bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In a small bowl, mix milk and sour cream.

4 Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternately to butter mixture, about a third of each at a time, beating after each addition until incorporated (batter will be very thick.

5. Scrape batter equally into two buttered and floured 9-inch round pans and spread evenly.

6. Bake in a 350 oven until wooden skewer inserted in center comes out clean - about 25-30 minutes.

7. Cool on racks in pans for 10 minutes, then invert cakes onto racks and remove pans. Cool completely before frosting