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Sour Cream Chocolate Chip Layer Cake Recipe

Details

Timing
Timing
Total:
Bake:
25 Min.
Skill Level:
Intermediate
Yields:
1 cake

Get the party started with this deliciously rich cake brimming with HERSHEY'S CHIPITS Milk Chocolate Chips.

Ingredients & Directions

Bake Time
25 minutes
COOK TIME
2 minutes
Cool Time
10 minutes
Chill Time
15 minutes

BAKE MODE:

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Ingredients

  • 2 3/4 cups
    cake and pastry flour (675 mL)
  • 2 tsps
    baking powder (10 mL)
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda (5 mL)
  • 1 tsp
    salt (5 mL)
  • 3/4 cup
    softened butter (175 mL)
  • 1 1/2 cups
    lightly packed brown sugar (375 mL)
  • 3
    eggs
  • 2 tsps
    vanilla extract (10 mL)
  • 3 cups
    sour cream (750 mL)

Directions

Equipment Needed 
oven Oven
cake pans (2) 9-inch (23 cm) Cake Pans
mixing bowl Mixing Bowl
mixer Mixer
wire rack Wire Rack
microwave safe bowl Microwave-Safe Bowl
microwave Microwave
refrigerator Refrigerator
1

Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Lightly grease two 9-inch (22 cm) cake pans.

2

Stir flour with the baking powder, baking soda and salt. Beat butter with brown sugar in a separate bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time; add the vanilla.

3

On low speed, alternately beat in flour mixture and 1 1/2 cups (375 mL) sour cream, in two additions, until batter is smooth. Stir in 1 cup (250 mL) chocolate chips until evenly distributed.

Tip

For an even greater burst of chocolate taste, substitute HERSHEY'S CHIPITS Baking Chips with HERSHEY'S CHIPITS Chunks.

4

Divide batter equally between prepared pans. Bake for 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into centre comes out clean.

5

Cool for 10 minutes; turn out onto rack to cool completely. Cut each cake into two layers.

6

Melt remaining chocolate chips in the microwave on MEDIUM (50%) for 1 to 2 minutes; stir until smooth. Cool slightly. Stir in remaining sour cream; beat until fluffy.

7

Chill for 15 minutes or until frosting is as smooth and thick as peanut butter. Use to frost layers and top of cooled cake.

Tip

Brush any loose crumbs from the cut sides of the cake with a pastry brush before frosting.