Serendipity Chocolate Cake

Submitted by chefnini

"This is a dark, dark chocolate cake from Serendipity restaurant in New York...served with two scoops of ice cream helps because it is sooo rich This is a super chocolate cake like the one served at Serendipity Restaurant in New York...serve with a couple of scoops of vanilla ice cream to help with the overload of chocolate..."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 10mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Yields: 4 layer cake
• Serves: 10

ingredients

• cake

• 709.77 ml cake flour
• 8.62 ml baking soda
• 453.59 g unsalted butter, softened
• 907.18 g packed light brown sugar
• 7 large eggs
• 9.85 ml vanilla
• 591.47 ml cold water
• 236.59 ml sour cream
• 453.59 g unsweetened chocolate, melted

• frosting

• 453.59 g unsweetened chocolate, finely chopped
• 473.18 ml heavy cream
• 591.47 ml sugar
• 22.18 ml light corn syrup
• 14.79 ml vanilla
• 473.18 ml sour cream

directions

1. Cake.
2. Preheat oven to 325* and butter the bottoms of 4 9-inch cake pans and line with parchment.
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. Frosting.
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.