Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• 2 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups sour cream
• 2 tablespoons shortening
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1/4 cup hot water
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/4 cup light corn syrup
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 2 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• beat the eggs in a large mixing bowl. melt the 2 tablespoons shortening, and add it and the sour cream to the eggs.
• in another bowl, sift together 1 1/4 cups sugar, flour, cocoa and 1/4 teaspoon salt. add these dry ingredients to the egg mixture. stir the batter until smooth. add in the vanilla and stir. lastly, add the soda dissolved in hot water. stir.
• pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan. bake at 350 degrees f (175 degrees c) for 35 minutes, or until done. cool.
• to make the frosting: combine 2 cups sugar, corn syrup, milk, 1/2 cup shortening, unsweetened chocolate, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small saucepan. stir over low heat until chocolate melts. bring to a full rolling boil and boil for one minute, stirring constantly. remove the pan from the heat. add 1 teaspoon vanilla, and beat the frosting mixture until it has a smooth spreading consistency.
• frost the cake when it has completely cooled.