Recipe - Chocolate Sour Cream Cake

1 Three fourths cup Unbleached AllPurpose Flour
1 Three fourths cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Cocoa
1 One half teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Salt
2/3 cup Butter Or Margarine;
Softened
2 cup Dairy Sour Cream
2 lg Eggs
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

FROSTING
3 tablespoon Butter Or Margarine
1/3 cup Cocoa
1 One half cup Confectioners' Sugar
2 tablespoon Milk; (Up To 3 Tb Maybe
Needed)
One half teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Preheat the oven to 350 Degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 X 9 X 2Inch
baking pan. In a large mixer bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking
soda and salt, blending well. Blend in the butter, sour cream, eggs and
vanilla. Beat for 3 minutes on medium speed. Pour the batter into the
prepared pans and bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a wooden pick,
inserted in the center, comes out clean. Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
When cold, frost the Fudge Frosting.

FUDGE FROSTING:

In a small saucepan over low heat, melt the butter. Add the cocoa and cook,
stirring constantly, until the mixture begins to boil. Pour the mixture
into a small mixer bowl and allow to cool completely. Add the
confectioners' sugar to the cocoa mixture alternately with the milk then
beating to a spreading consistency. Blend in the vanilla.
Posted to MMRecipes Digest V3 #255

Date: Tue, 17 Sep 1996 21:19:26 0400

From: Walt Gray waltgray@mnsinc.com