Chocolate Sour Cream Cake

Name: Chocolate Sour Cream Cake Recipe | Hersheyland
Prep time: 20 min
Total time: 180 min
Yield: 1 cake
Ingredients: 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour; 1-3/4 cups sugar; 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa; 1-1/2 tsps baking soda; 1 tsp salt; 2/3 cups butter or margarine, softened; 1 container dairy sour cream (16 oz); 2 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract

Details

Time: 3 hours
Skill Level: Beginner
Yields: 1 cake

A Chocolate Sour Cream Cake may sound like a strange pairing, but trust us, the texture and taste are unbelievable. Who knew the secret ingredient to a decadent chocolate cake is sour cream? And, of course, you can't get the perfect, rich chocolaty flavor without HERSHEY'S Cocoa. Top your cake with our Cocoa Fudge Frosting and you've got a luscious dessert that melts in your mouth! If you want to level up your Chocolate Sour Cream Cake recipe with a little style, add nuts or fresh berries to bring your treat to new heights.

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time: 20 minutes
Bake Time: 40 minutes
Cool Time: 2 hours

Ingredients

1-3/4 cups

all-purpose flour
1-3/4 cups

sugar
3/4 cup

HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1-1/2 tsps

baking soda
1 tsp

salt
2/3 cups

butter or margarine, softened
1 container

dairy sour cream (16 oz)
2

eggs
1 tsp

vanilla extract

READY TO MAKE THIS?

Cocoa Fudge Frosting Recipe

Top this cake with our Cocoa Fudge Frosting.

Step-By-Step Directions

Equipment Needed 

oven

13x9x2-inch baking pan

mixing bowl

mixer

rubber scraper

wire rack

sauce pan

measuring cups

Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 13x9x2-inch baking pan.

Stir together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add butter, sour cream, eggs and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 3 minutes. Pour batter into prepared pan.

Bake 40 to 45 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack.

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