Recipe: Rich Chocolate Cake

Rich Chocolate Cake

Serves: 16

Ingredients:
1 cup cake flour (not self-rising)
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
4 tablespoons margarine or butter (1/2 stick), softened
1 cup sugar
4 large eggs
1 8-ounce container sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1-ounce squares unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled Creamy Chocolate Frosting
White & Dark Chocolate Curls for garnish

Directions:
1. Grease bottom and side of 9-inch springform pan. Wrap outside of pan with heavy-duty foil; set aside.
2. In small bowl, mix flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt, and baking soda; set aside.
3. In large bowl, with mixer at high speed, beat margarine or butter and sugar until blended, scraping bowl frequently with rubber spatula.
4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. With mixer at low speed, beat in flour mixture, sour cream, and vanilla extract until mixture is well blended. Stir in melted chocolate.
5. Spoon batter into pan. Bake 45 to 50 minutes until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Remove side of pan and cool cake completely on rack.
6. Prepare Creamy Chocolate Frosting. Evenly spread warm frosting on top and side of cake.
7. Prepare White & Dark Chocolate Curls. With toothpick, arrange half of Dark Chocolate Curls on center of cake. Arrange all of White Chocolate Curls around Dark Chocolate Curls. Arrange remaining dark curls around white curls.
8. Refrigerate cake until ready to serve.