Burning Love Chocolate Cream Cake

1Steve's Note:

A very rich and decadent cake. Great for a diner party or Valentine's day treat. Sinfully Rich!

• Total Time: 1 hrs 5 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 8-12

Yield: 1.0 two lay ...

For cake

• 3 unsweetened chocolate squares
• 2 ¼ cups sifted flour
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ cup butter or ½ cup margarine , softened
• 2 ¼ cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup boiling water

For Whipped Cocoa Cream

• 2⁄3; cup confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 pint heavy cream
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Directions:

1. Melt chocolate in a small bowl over hot (hot boiling) water and cool.
2. Grease and flour two 9x11/2-inch pans.
3. Tap out excess flour.
4. Sift flour, baking soda and salt onto waxed paper.
5. Preheat oven to 350°.
6. Beat butter, sugar and eggs in a large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until light and fluffy.
7. Beat in vanilla and cooled chocolate.
8. Stir in dry ingredients, alternating with sour cream and beating well with a spoon until smooth.
9. Stir in water (Batter will be thin).
10. Pour into pans.
11. Bake for 35 minutes or until centers spring back when lightly pressed with fingertips.
12. Cool in pans 10 minutes, then turn on wire racks and cool completely.
13. Split each layer in half crosswise to make 4 thin layers.
14. Fill and frost with Whipped Cocoa Cream.
15. Refrigerate.
16. To make Whipped Cocoa Cream combine listed ingredients in a chilled medium size bowl.
17. Whip ingredients in chilled medium bowlwith chilled beaters until stiff.
18. You can quickly chill the empty bowl and beaters by putting them in the freezer for 15 minutes or so while the cake is cooling.

Reviews

[Chef #1026400]

This is the most delicious cake i've ever made! Made it for my husband's birthday and my entire family raved about the cake. It's light & fluffy with just the right amount of sweetness. I used Milk Chocolate instead of unsweetened squares. The icing is excellent!! Will be making this cake a lot in the future.

[I_Can_Only_Bake]

I made this for my boyfriend's birthday and I was a little diappointed with this cake. The cake seemes a little chalky to me, despite using good quality chocolate. And I was careful not to overmix the topping, but I didn't like the texture that it had. It's wasn't as fluffy or smooth as I would have liked. I may try this cake again and make some adjustments.

[Chef #559587]

This was sooo good! I made it for my moms bday and even though i used gluten free flour, it was awesome! I got compliments all around, and one of my sisters even thought it was a regular cake!!