Serendipity Chocolate Cake

17 ingredients
5 steps

Ingredients

  • cake
  • 3 cups cake flour
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 lb unsalted butter, softened
  • 2 lbs packed light brown sugar
  • 7 large eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 1/2 cups cold water
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 lb unsweetened chocolate, melted
  • frosting
  • 1 lb unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
  • 2 cups heavy cream
  • 2 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons light corn syrup
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla
  • 2 cups sour cream

Directions

  1. 1
    Cake.
  2. 2
    Preheat oven to 325* and butter the bottoms of 4 9-inch cake pans and line with parchment.
  3. 3
    Sift together the flour and baking soda. Cream the sugar and butter -- add eggs and vanilla to the butter mixture -- mix thoroughly. Add the dry ingredients in three parts -- alternating with the cold water -- mix completely -- Add the sour cream and melted chocolate. Divide the batter between the prepared pans. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes -- cool the cakes in their pans for 15 minutes -- the cakes will sink to half their height -- Remove from pans and cool completely.
  4. 4
    Frosting.
  5. 5
    Place chocolate in large mixing bowl. Heat the cream, sugar, and corn syrup just to boiling -- pour over the chopped chocolate -- slowly stir till smooth. Add vanilla and cool completely -- then add sour cream -- frost -- store covered at room temperature.

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