Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake

WOW!!  This cake was so good!!

I so love my Cook's Country Chocolate Desserts book! I have made so many good things from this book. Like This and These!  Mmmmm! Mmm! I love Chocolate!

I was a bit skeptical about Sour Cream in a cake. I know that a lot of recipes use it in place of the oil, but I just don't like sour cream. I don't put it on potatoes and I don't like it on my perogies.  No thanks, I'll pass.

So I was hesitant to make this bundt cake. 

But I am so glad that I did! And so was everyone else at the dinner party!

Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake 
copied from Cook's Country Chocolate Desserts


For the Bundt Pan
1 Tbls melted butter
1 Tbls cocoa

Mix the melted butter and cocoa together and "paint" the inside of the bundt pan. Set aside.


For the Cake
3/4 C Cocoa
6 oz bittersweet chocolate chopped up
1 tsp instant coffee
3/4 C boiling water
1 C sour cream
1 3/4 C Flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp baking soda
12 Tbls unsated butter
2 C light brown sugar
1 Tbls vanilla extract
5 eggs

Place the first three ingredients in a large bowl and pout boiling water over chocolate mix. Stir to melt and combine chocolate. Let cool for 20 minutes until at room temperature.
Once cool, stir in sour cream.
Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl and whisk together.
In your stand mixer, combine butter, sugar, and vanilla and mix on medium speed for 3 minutes until fluffy. Reduce speed and add eggs one at a time mixing well between each egg.
Slowly add in the 1/3 of the flour mixture and then 1/2 of the melted chocolate mixture. Once combined, add another 1/3 of the flour mixture and remaining chocolate. Add in remaining flour and mix until combined.
Pour the cake mix into the prepared pan and bake at 350 deg F for 40 to 50 minutes checking for doneness.
Let Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a cooling rack and cool for 3 hours.

Topping suggestion #1 : Dust with powered sugar if desired prior to serving.
Topping suggestion #2 : Serve with some fresh berries.
Topping suggestion #3 : Make some Sweetened Whipped Cream.
Topping suggestion #4 : Make Sour Cream Whipped Cream.
Topping suggestion #5 : Any combination of the above!

I went with a basic Whipped Cream sweetened with some sugar and some chocolate curls.

This was a super moist and rich chocolate bundt cake.

I've gotten over my fear of baking cake with sour cream.

Now, I can move on to some real fears - like paying for private school in a few weeks.

Chocolate Sour Cream Bundt Cake

by Pint Sized Baker

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 40- 50 minutes

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Ingredients

For the Bundt Pan

• 1 Tbls melted butter
• 1 Tbls cocoa

For the Bundt Cake

• 3/4 C Cocoa
• 6 oz bittersweet chocolate chopped up
• 1 tsp instant coffee
• 3/4 C boiling water
• 1 C sour cream
• 1 3/4 C Flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 12 Tbls unsated butter
• 2 C light brown sugar
• 1 Tbls vanilla extract
• 5 eggs

Instructions

For the Bundt Pan

Mix the melted butter and cocoa together and "paint" the inside of the bundt pan. Set aside.

For the Bundt Cake

Place the first three ingredients in a large bowl and pout boiling water over chocolate mix. Stir to melt and combine chocolate. Let cool for 20 minutes until at room temperature.

Once cool, stir in sour cream.

Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl and whisk together.

In your stand mixer, combine butter, sugar, and vanilla and mix on medium speed for 3 minutes until fluffy. Reduce speed and add eggs one at a time mixing well between each egg.

Slowly add in the 1/3 of the flour mixture and then 1/2 of the melted chocolate mixture. Once combined, add another 1/3 of the flour mixture and remaining chocolate. Add in remaining flour and mix until combined.

Pour the cake mix into the prepared pan and bake at 350 deg F for 40 to 50 minutes checking for doneness.

Let Cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then invert onto a cooling rack and cool for 3 hours.

Topping suggestion #1 : Dust with powered sugar if desired prior to serving.

Topping suggestion #2 : Serve with some fresh berries.

Topping suggestion #3 : Make some Sweetened Whipped Cream.

Topping suggestion #4 : Make Sour Cream Whipped Cream.

Topping suggestion #5 : Any combination of the above!

I went with a basic Whipped Cream sweetened with some sugar and some chocolate curls.

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