Very Good Chocolate Cake

Shire Born's Note:

From "The Gift of Southern Cooking" by Edna Lewis & Scott Peacock. This cake is incredibly moist and rich! If you have any leftovers, don't refrigerate, simply cover and leave at room temperature.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients:

Serves: 12-16

Yield: 1.0 two-lay ...

• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 ½ cups cake flour
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ¾ teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup hot double-strength brewed coffee
• 4 ounces unsweetened chocolate , finely chopped
• 2 eggs , at room temperature
• ½ cup vegetable oil
• ½ cup sour cream , at room temperature
• 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
2. Sift together the flour, sugar, salt and baking soda in a bowl. In a separate bowl, pour the hot coffee over the chopped chocolate, and allow chocolate to melt completely.
3. In a separate bowl, whisk together until well blended the eggs and vegetable oil, followed by the sour cream, vanilla, and coffee-chocolate mixture. Stir the liquid mixture into the dry ingredients by thirds, stirring well after each addition until completely blended.
4. Divide the batter evenly between two buttered and floured parchment-lined 9-inch cake pans. Drop each cake pan once onto the counter from a height of 3 inches to remove any air pockets (these would cause holes or tunnels in the baked cake layers.)
5. Bake in the preheated oven for 30-40 minutes, until the cake springs back slightly when gently tapped in the center OR when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove immediately to cooling racks, and allow to rest for 5 minutes before turning out of the pans. Allow cakes to cool completely before peeling off the parchment bottoms and frosting.
6. Enjoy the most moist, rich, chocolate chocolate cake you'll ever eat!

Reviews

[Breezytoo]

Oh my! 10 stars if I could! This cake is outstanding! So rich and moist and just fabulous, it is a chocolate lovers dream! I highly recommend using the parchment paper too as the first time I made this I was out so greased and floured the pan as I would normally. Didn't work at all and the cake stuck to the pans! Making it a second time using the parchment paper was a "piece of cake" :) I was unable to find cake flour so used regular and it didn't affect the outcome in our opinion at all. This cake is YUM! Thanks for sharing your recipe we'll enjoy again and again. Made for PAC Fall 09'