Best-Ever Chocolate Cake

By gstark

Ingredients

• Frosting:
• 3/4 cup butter
• 3 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 3/4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1 1/2 cup milk
• 12 oz semisweet chocolate pieces
• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 oz sour cream
• 4 1/2 cup powdered sugar

Preparation

Step 1

Allow butter and eggs to stand at room temp for 30 minutes. Lightly grease 8" round cake pans. Line bottoms with waxed paper. Grease and lightly flour waxed paper and sides of pans

Preheat 350
In medium bowl stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt

In large bowl beat butter with electric mixer on med to high for 30 seconds. Gradually add sugar, beating on medium speed for 3-4 minutes or until well mixed. Scrape side of bowl, continue beating on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each. Beat in vanilla

Alternately add flour mixture and milk to beaten mixture beating on low speed until combined. Beat on medium speed for 20 seconds more. Spread into prepared pans

Bake 30-35 minutes. cool for 10 minutes. Remove from pans. Cool on wire racks.

Chocolate Frosting:
In large saucepan combine chocolate pieces, 1/2 cup butter. Heat over low heat until melted. Cool for 5 minutes. Stir in sour cream. Gradually add powdered sugar beating on medium speed until smooth.