7/2/12

Chocolate Sour Cream Cake and Frosting

Nana has some great from scratch recipes for cake that need to be included in her recipe file. I know we have all enjoyed these and hope our families will continue to enjoy them.
  • 2 C. Flour
  • 1/2 C. Cocoa Powder
  • 1 t. Salt
  • 3/4 C. Butter
  • 1 2/3 C. Sugar
  • 1 Egg
  • 1 t. Vanilla
  • 1 C. Buttermilk
  • 2 t. Soda
  • 2/3 C. Sour Cream
Stir the soda and buttermilk together and set aside. In a separate bowl whisk the flour, cocoa and salt together, set aside. In a large mixing bowl (or your KitchenAid) Cream together the butter and sugar until it is fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla. Add the sour cream to the buttermilk mixture and stir well. Now alternate adding the buttermilk mixture and the flour mixture to the creamed sugar mixture. When everything is in blend well. Pour into 2 greased and floured round cake pans (at least 10"). Bake at 350ยบ for 30-35 minutes, or until it tests done. Remove and turn out on racks to cool.

Now for the Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting…
  • 3 (3oz) pkg. Cream Cheese (softened)
  • 1/3 C. Butter
  • 5 C. Powdered Sugar
  • 4 T. Cocoa
  • 5-8 T. Cream OR Half & Half or even Evaporated Milk

Cream the butter and cream cheese together. Mix the cocoa and powdered sugar together. Add cocoa mixture alternating with cream to the cream cheese mixture. Beat well and adjust more cream or more powdered sugar to get the right consistency. Spread on layers, top and sides of cake. One of Richard's favorite cakes.
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The Recipe File

It was impossible to visit with Nana and not get into the recipe file. This is no small file. Tracy, Sydney and I have all at one time or another attempted to typeset the recipes in this file only to be overwhelmed. Since no one person is up to the task of immortalizing this life's work of recipes, it would be great if everyone participates. As you need recipes for different things you can take them and typeset them, or scan them however you would like to do them. Then post them on this site to contribute your part in all this.  Please add a label to your posts so we can eventually go in and organize by category. It was Nana's dream to have a book that would help us all with the various things we will make in our kitchens. She spent a lifetime perfecting her craft and was truly amazing. When we feel we have done her justice, we will organize a book and have copies printed for all of us. I hope as we contribute not only her recipes, but some of our own as well we will remember how much she loved to bring people together over good food. It will be such a tribute to her if we can enjoy this endeavor, enjoy each other and enjoy the memories we all have in our hearts.