Preston licking the frosting bowl-- hopefully someday when he gets married, he will just know how to make all of the yummy treats that he loves so his poor wife won't have to take years to figure it out!!!
Alright true confessions of the Hill household! My husband loves a good chocolate cake-- and before I married him, I could pass on chocolate cake. But he has taught me that there is a difference between a Betty Crocker Cake Mix and a "real" chocolate cake-- so now I am addicted right there with him. I found this recipe online after we had been married a few years-- it has become one of my favorite chocolate cake recipes--(yes--sadly-- I have more than one!)
Decadent Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
1 Cup boiling Water
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 stick sweet butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 Cups sugar
2 eggs, separated
1/2 Cup sour cream
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 cups less 2 TBSP all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Knock out excess flour. Pour boiling water over chocolate and butter. Let stand until melted. Stir in vanilla and sugar. Whisk in egg yolks, blending well. Mix together sour cream and baking soda, then whisk into batter. Add flour and baking powder and mix well. Beat egg whites until stiff but not dry. Stir 1/4 into batter thoroughly, then scoop remaining egg whites on top of batter and fold in gently. Pour batter into prepared pan. Set in middle rack in the oven and bake 40-45 minutes, or until edges pull away from sides of pan and cake tester (toothpick?!) inserted into center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 10 minutes. Unmold and cool completely before frosting.
I should add that I usually cook mine in a 9x13 pan for 30 minutes or so.
Frosting
butter ( I usually use 1/4 cup)
cocoa powder
powdered sugar
LOTS of vanilla 2-3 capfuls
I hate recipes like this one because it is not an exact science-- but as my frosting mentors (Mel, Becky) have told me it is a little different every time. You just keep tasting it and adding more stuff until it is "right"!! Really I grew up in a house that bought frosting when it was needed so this was a challenge for me to learn-- my husband said no way could we buy that 'gross' prefab frosting-- so I don't want to brag, but after 5 years of marriage, I made this cake and frosting last week, and said, " I am officially a Hill-- this frosting is as good as your Mom's and Mel's." Boy was he proud of me!
3 comments:
congrats!! I remember the andrus's raving about the frosting I made for the brownies! I'm glad you finally have it mastered. It's been awhile since i've made it. You are probably better at it than me now!
WOW! Congratulations on your wonderful accomplishment. We accepted you a long time ago as a Hill, however. But, hey, welcome to the family. Who knew that making frosting could make such a great story.
Looks like A LOT of work...very impressive! If you ever want to teach me, I'm available :)
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