📋 Old Fashioned Sour Cream Chocolate Cake Recipe

Old fashioned chocolate sour cream cake on a white plate with whipped cream and sprinkles on top and fork on the side

5 from 3 votes

📋 Old Fashioned Sour Cream Chocolate Cake Recipe

This Old Fashioned Sour Cream Chocolate Cake is an easy, light and delicious homemade chocolate cake! It's perfect for any celebration, birthdays, Black Forest Cake or cupcakes and pairs well with any frosting!

Course Dessert, Snack

Cuisine American, Canadian, North American

Keyword cake, chocolate, old fashioned, sour cream

Special Diet Vegetarian

Prep Time 15

Total Time 50

Servings servings

Calories 565kcal

Author Terri Gilson

Equipment

Ingredients

2 ¼ cups cake and pastry flour * see NOTES for substitution
2 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
½ cup unsalted butter softened
2 ¼ cups firmly packed brown sugar
3 eggs
1 ½ tsp. vanilla
3 ounces (3- 1 ounce squares) bakers unsweetened chocolate melted (melt in the microwave for about 1 - 2 minutes on 50% power or use a double boiler
1 cup sour cream cooled
1 cup boiling water

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F/175 degrees C and grease cake pan(s) with non-stick spray. *I use Wilton Cake Release for best results
In a large bowl, cream butter in mixer for 2 minutes, then gradually add brown sugar and continue beating for 5 minutes. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
In a separate bowl, sift together dry ingredients (cake and pastry flour, baking soda and salt); set aside.
Add vanilla and chocolate. Alternately blend in flour mixture and sour cream, one third at a time, on low speed of electric mixer.
Add boiling water; blend well. (***Batter will be thin.) Pour batter into prepared pan ( 8 or 9 inch round layer cake pan or deep square pans and/or cupcakes tins.)
Bake at 350 degrees for 35 to 40 minutes if making layer cakes, but about 5- 10 minutes longer for a deeper 8 or inch square cake (as in photos), or until cake tester inserted into center comes out clean. * Cupcakes need to be baked for about half the time ( 15 - 20 minutes)
Let the cake cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove and place on wire rack to continue cooling. Frost as desired.

Notes

*Please see post content for important recipe information, substitutions and tips!

Nutrition Facts

📋 Old Fashioned Sour Cream Chocolate Cake Recipe

Amount Per Serving (1 piece)

Calories 565 Calories from Fat 171

% Daily Value*

Fat 19g29%

Saturated Fat 11g69%

Trans Fat 0.5g

Polyunsaturated Fat 1g

Monounsaturated Fat 5g

Cholesterol 94mg31%

Sodium 544mg24%

Potassium 270mg8%

Carbohydrates 94g31%

Fiber 3g13%

Sugar 61g68%

Protein 9g18%

Vitamin A 518IU10%

Calcium 117mg12%

Iron 3mg17%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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