To Die for Chocolate Cake

Made it, ate it, love it!!!!

• Ready In: 1 hr 10 mins
• Serves: 12-15
• Yields: 1 Cake

Ingredients

• 8  ounces  semisweet chocolate pieces
• 2⁄3 cup butter
• 1  cup sugar
• 4  eggs
• 4  tablespoons flour
• 4  tablespoons  unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4  tablespoons sour cream
• 2⁄3 cup heavy cream or 2⁄3 cup  whipping cream
• 9  ounces  semisweet chocolate pieces

Directions

1. Oven Temp ~ 350° Baking Time ~ 50 minute.
2. Preheat oven.
3. Line your cake tin (3 inches tall) with greaseproof or other non-stick paper and grease the tin.
4. Melt chocolate pieces with butter over hot water.
5. Beat together the eggs and sugar, mix in flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and vanilla extract.
6. Slowly fold in the melted butter and chocolate mix along with the sour cream.
7. Bake at suggested temperature until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
8. Cool the cake.
9. FROSTING. Heat the heavy cream or whipping cream in a sauce pan, stirring so that it does not burn. Do Not Boil.
10. Remove from heat, add semisweet chocolate pieces, stir until smooth, and let it cool until in thickens.
11. Frost the cake.
12. Put the cake into the fridge for one hour or more to harden the frosting. This cake should be room temperature when served.