Our family loves chocolate cake. Agreeing with Mr. Biddle, Disney’s “Happiest Millionaire”, “Chocolate cake is the perfect food”. This Sour Cream Chocolate Cake truly is a family favorite. There is never very much left after a family party. In fact, the kids will often come back for a second or third piece and the pan is empty. Another great thing about this cake is you just stir it together in a sauce pan.
Sour Cream Chocolate Cake
1 cup butter
1/2 cup cocoa powder
3/4 cup water
2 cups sugar
1 cup sour cream
1 tbsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
Grease and flour a 9″ X 13″ cake pan. In a large sauce pan over medium heat melt butter, add cocoa.
Whisk in water and remove from heat. To the warm cocoa mixture add the sugar, sour cream, eggs, and vanilla. Whisk until smooth. Sift the dry ingredients together and add all at once into chocolate mixture whisking until smooth. 
Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 375 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool on rack and frost with chocolate butter cream frosting.
Just a note, this was revised from a bundt cake recipe so it has a tendency to fall just a little bit. Make sure the toothpick comes out clean or it will fall even more.
Chocolate Butter Cream Frosting
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup cocoa powder
3 cups powdered sugar
1/4 cup milk (approximately)
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
pinch of salt
Cream butter, salt and on cup powdered sugar mixed with cocoa until fluffy. Add remaining powdered sugar and milk alternately until spreading consistency. Stir in vanilla. Spread over cooled cake.
Enjoy!
Erin says
June 26, 2013 at 2:50 pmI totally agree! It IS perfect =o) And your cake sounds (and looks) wonderful!
MaryEllen Stringham says
June 30, 2013 at 7:32 pmThank you for visiting.
Kim A. says
June 26, 2013 at 6:38 pmChocolate cake. YUM. Pinned it & can’t wait to try it – I think I can make it relatively sugar-free! Thanks so much for sharing (saw it on Show & Share)!
Kim @ {enjoy the view}
MaryEllen Stringham says
June 30, 2013 at 7:33 pmGood luck with your sugar-free option I hope it works for you.
HungryLittleGirl says
June 26, 2013 at 6:39 pmOh my, what a moist cake!
I would love to have you share this and/or any other recipe at Wednesday Extravaganza – A Foodie Link Party. Hope to see you there 🙂
http://www.hungrylittlegirl.com/1/post/2013/06/wednesday-extravaganza-34.html
MaryEllen Stringham says
June 30, 2013 at 7:35 pmThank you for your invitation to share on your Wednesday Extravaganza. I be sure to check it out.
Diane Sargent says
June 30, 2013 at 2:11 amOooh! Pinned this, will have to try this for my grandson’s 5th bday on Wednesday! thank you. 🙂
MaryEllen Stringham says
June 30, 2013 at 7:36 pmI hope your family enjoys it as much as mine does.
Antonella says
August 30, 2013 at 11:14 amYum! I love chocolate cake and this looks so good!!! Another one of your recipes I am going to have to try!!
Hugs, antonella 🙂
T Juveria says
May 23, 2014 at 7:08 pmHi, do you use All purpose flour or Cake flour in this recipe?
Amber says
February 19, 2016 at 8:47 pmThis is the first time I’ve EVER posted a comment but this recipe deserved a reply… YUM!! What a delicious moist chocolaty cake! I modified this recipe slightly because of ingredients I had on hand and to make a little healthier. I used a half cup butter and a half cup coconut oil and reduced the sugar to 1 1/2 cups. I baked in a 9 x 9″ pan for 40 min. Turned out great! I’m writing this recipe down as there are a gazillion chocolate cake recipes out there! This one I don’t want to lose and am certain will make again and again! Thank you for sharing this!! 🙂
Mary Ellen Stringham says
February 22, 2016 at 8:01 pmThank you for your comment. Your variation sounds yummy as well. It truly is our favorite chocolate cake recipe.
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