Sour Cream Chocolate Sheet Cake

Published: October 8, 2008

CAKE

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 cups sugar

1 cup water

¾ cup sour cream

¼ cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon each: baking soda, salt and vanilla extract

¼ teaspoon baking powder

2 eggs

4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled

SOUR CREAM

CHOCOLATE ICING

½ cup butter, softened

4 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled

4 cups powdered sugar

1 cup sour cream

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

→Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease bottom of 13x9-inch baking pan. In large bowl, combine all cake ingredients and beat on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool.

→For icing, combine butter and chocolate until well blended. Blend in powdered sugar, sour cream and vanilla and beat until smooth. Spread over cooled cake.

→Source: Martha White.

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