Luscious Chocolate Layer Cake Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Luscious Chocolate Layer Cake
Add your photo!
Ingredients
16
Count
Nutrition
577
Calories
Total time
160
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Position oven rack in the center of the oven; preheat the oven to 350°; butter and flour two 9 x2 inch round cake pans.
  2. Make the cake-Whisk together the cocoa and boiling water in a small bowl until smooth.
  3. Whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
  4. Beat the butter, sugar, and vanilla with an electric mixer on medium speed in a large deep bowl until well blended; the mixture will be dry.
  5. Add in the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  6. Decrease speed to low and beat in the flour mixture alternately with the sour cream, beginning and ending with the flour, just until well blended.
  7. Add the cocoa mixture and blend well.
  8. Divide the batter evenly between the prepared pans.
  9. Bake for 40 minutes, or until a pick comes out clean; cool the cakes in the pans on wire racks for 20 minutes, then invert cakes onto the racks and remove the pans.
  10. Turn the cakes right-side up and cool completely.
  11. Make the frosting-melt the chocolate with the water in a small heatproof bowl set over a saucepan of about 1 1/2 inches of nearly simmering water, whisking until smooth; transfer to a large deep bowl.
  12. Heat the sugar with the egg yolks in another heatproof bowl over the same saucepan of nearly simmering water, whisking constantly, for about 4 minutes, until the sugar is dissolved and the mixture is warm to touch.
  13. Whisk the sugar mixture into the chocolate mixture, add in the vanilla, and beat with an electric mixer on high speed for 3 minutes, or until the mixture has cooled to room temperature.
  14. Beat in the butter one piece at a time, beating until smooth after each addition.
  15. Assemble the cake-Place 1 cake layer on a serving plate; spread about 1 cup of frosting evenly over the layer.
  16. Top with the remaining cake layer and frost with the remaining frosting; serve cut into wedges.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 577.2 Kcal (2417 kJ)
Calories from fat 371.04 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 41.23g 63%
Cholesterol 210.61mg 70%
Sodium 387.64mg 16%
Potassium 200.57mg 4%
Total Carbs 48.94g 16%
Sugars 41.79g 167%
Dietary Fiber 0.81g 3%
Protein 6.86g 14%
Vitamin C 0.3mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 13%
Iron 0.9mg 5%
Calcium 98.6mg 10%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 334.28 Kcal (1400 kJ)
Calories from fat 214.89 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 23.88g 63%
Cholesterol 121.97mg 70%
Sodium 224.5mg 16%
Potassium 116.16mg 4%
Total Carbs 28.34g 16%
Sugars 24.2g 167%
Dietary Fiber 0.47g 3%
Protein 3.97g 14%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 13%
Iron 0.5mg 5%
Calcium 57.1mg 10%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 14.8
    Points
  • 16
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top