Best Sauerkraut Surprise Cake And Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting Recipes

SAUERKRAUT SURPRISE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour one 13x9 inch cake pan.
• In a large mixing bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter or margarine and sugar until light. Beat in eggs, one at a time; add 1 teaspoon vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, 1/4 teaspoon salt and cocoa powder. Add to creamed mixture alternately with water, beating after each addition. Stir in sauerkraut. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 40 minutes. Let cake cool in pan. Frost with Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting. Cut into squares to serve.
• To Make Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting: Melt the semi-sweet chocolate pieces and 4 T butter or margarine over low heat. Remove from heat. Blend in the sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Gradually add sifted confectioners' sugar to make spreading consistency. Beat well. Spread over cooled cake.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Grease and flour 2 9 inch cake pans and preheat oven to 340 degrees. The original recipe I followed called for a 350 degree oven, but I will turn my oven down 10 degrees for my next cake.
• 2. Beat butter and sugar together until creamy and light in color. Add 1 egg at a time beating after each addition. Add vanilla and warmed coffee. Add cocoa to mixture and beat for 1 minute to blend.
• 3. Slowly add flour, baking soda, and baking powder that have been sifted together. Beat for 3 minutes to make sure mixture is well incorporated into the wet.
• 4. Add sauerkraut to mix, beating to ensure incorporation into batter. Poor into cake pans and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
• 5. Cool on cake racks 10 minutes then turn out of pans onto rack cooling thoroughly. Frost cake with my Sour Cream Chocolate Frosting recipe.

CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

Steps:

• Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• Cream together the butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy, using an electric mixer set at medium speed.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Beat in vanilla.
• Add dry ingredients alternately with water to creamed mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in sauerkraut.
• Spread batter in greased 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• Bake in a preheated 350°F oven for 35 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool in pan on rack.
• Frost with Creamy Chocolate Frosting.
• Cut into squares.
• CREAMY CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Melt chocolate in a custard cup in hot water.
• Cool slightly.
• Combine chocolate, cream cheese, milk, confectioners' sugar, salt, and vanilla in a bowl.
• Beat with an electric mixer at high speed until smooth and creamy.

CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift cocoa, flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt together and set aside. In a separate small bowl, combine buttermilk with sauerkraut and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter, brown sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat in. Add flour mixture alternately with sauerkraut mixture. Beat only until blended.
• Pour batter into 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for about 45 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool cake and frost with your favorite chocolate frosting.

SAUERKRAUT SURPRISE CAKE AND SOUR CREAM-CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Steps:

• Cake:.
• In large mixing bowl, cream butter (or margarine)& sugar till light.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Add Vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking powder,soda,salt& cocao powder.
• Add to creamed mixture alternately with water, beating after each addition.
• Stir in sauerkraut.
• Turn into greased& floured 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
• Bake in 350° oven 35-40 minutes.
• Cool in pan.
• Frost with sour cream-chocolate frosting.
• Frosting:.
• Melt one 6 oz.
• package semisweet chocolate pieces& 4 tablespoons butter or margarine over low heat or in the micro.
• Remove from heat& blend in 1/2 cup sour cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla& 1/4 teaspoon salt.
• Gradually add sifted confectioners' sugar to make spreading.
• consistency.
• Beat well.
• Frost.

SAUERKRAUT SURPRISE CAKE

Steps:

• In large mixing bowl, cream butter or margarine and sugar till light.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time; add vanilla.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cocoa powder; add.
• to creamed mixture alternately with water, beating after each.
• addition.
• Stir in sauerkraut.
• Turn into greased and floured 13.
• x 9 x 2 inch baking pan.
• Bake in 350 degree oven for 35 to 40.
• minutes.
• Cool in pan.
• Frost with Sour Cream-Chocolate Frosting.
• Cut in squares to serve.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE SAUERKRAUT CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8-inch pans, round or square.
• Thoroughly cream together butter and sugar. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• Sift together cocoa, flour, baking powder, soda, and salt, and add alternately with water to egg mixture. Stir in the sauerkraut. Pour batter into prepared pans.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean. Frost with your favorite chocolate or white frosting.

SAUERKRAUT CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a bowl, cream the butter and sugar. Add 1 egg at a time, beating well after each. Add vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with water. Stir in sauerkraut. Pour into 2 greased and floured 8-in. round baking pans. , Bake for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pans for 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely. , For frosting, beat butter, chocolate and vanilla in a bowl; add sugar and beat well. Add milk; beat until smooth and fluffy. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake.