So Caleb is what some would call a foodie. He loves to eat. He loves to try new foods. He loves to cook. He loves to peruse cookbooks. In addition to being a surgeon, he wants to own a restaurant one day, and plans on going to cooking school in France. He looked long and hard through my cookbooks until he found the perfect cake for me to make him for his birthday and darn it, he picked a good one!!!
Sandy's Chocolate Cake
1 cup butter, softened
3 cups packed brown sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 2/3 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 tbsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/3 cups sour cream
1 1/3 cups boiling water
Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
3 squares unsweetened chocolate
3 squares semisweet chocolate
5 cups powdered sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 tsp. vanilla
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, blending well after each addition. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy. Blend in vanilla.
Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream to creamed mixture. Mix on low just until combined. Stir in water until blended. Pour into three greased and floured 9 in. round baking pans Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.
For frosting, in a medium saucepan melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool several minutes. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, sour cream and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake.
Recipe courtesy of Taste of Home, Grandma's Favorites.
