NEW ORLEANS CHOCOLATE CAKE

NEW ORLEANS CHOCOLATE CAKE image

Number Of Ingredients 10

4 oz unsweetened chocolate
4 oz butter
1/2 cup sour cream or creme fraiche
1 1/2 t baking soda
2 cups sugar
1/2 t vanilla extract
1/4 t salt
2 eggs
2 cups flour sifted
1 cup boiling water

Steps:

1. Butter pans, line bottom with parchment, butter parchment and flour pans. 2. In a small bowl combine sour cream and BS, set aside. 3. In a small saucepan, melt butter and chocolate till smooth. Transfer to bowl of mixer. Add sugar vanilla and salt. With whisk beat till combined. 4. Add eggs one at a time whisking after each till combined. Add sour cream, whisk till mixed. 5. On low speed add the flour scraping the bowl and mixing only till combined. Pour in the boiling water very slowly mixing only till combined. The batter will be thin. 6. Pour into prepared pans. Bake at 350 20 -35 minutes till cake springs back. Cool in pans 10 min then invert onto cake racks right side up.