C To The Third Power
From kharrington05 15 years ago
- 20 minutes to make
- Serves 14
A wonderful multi layered chocolate cake with cherry frosting between the layers. Topped off with chocolate dipped cherries.
Ingredients
- Cake: shopping list
- 3/4 cup and 1 tsp of flour shopping list
- 1/3 cup and 1 tsp unsweetened cocoa powder shopping list
- 1 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 1/2 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon shopping list
- 1/4 tsp salt shopping list
- 1/3 cup unsalted butter, soft shopping list
- 3/4 cup sugar shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla shopping list
- 2 eggs shopping list
- 1/2 cup sour cream shopping list
- Cherry Fosting: shopping list
- 8 oz sour cream shopping list
- 1 cup whipping cream shopping list
- 1 1/2 cup powdered sugar shopping list
- 2 tablespoons maraschino cherry juice shopping list
- chocolate covered cherries shopping list
- 20 maraschino cherries w/ stems shopping list
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet choclate shopping list
- 1 tsp shortening shopping list
How to make it
- Cake:
- Preheat over 350F
- Grease 6x2 round cake pans or springform pans
- Mix tsp of flour and tsp of cocoa powder; dust pans
- Set aside
- In a med. bowl mix flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt; set aside
- In a lrg bowel mix butter at med- high setting for 30 seconds
- Add sugar, beat until smooth and fluffy
- Mix in eggs, vanilla, and sour cream untill smooth
- Slowly add in flour mixture.
- Pour batter into pans evenly
- Bake 20-26 minutes; until top springs back when lightly touched and the edges begin to pull away from the pan.
- Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes
- Remove from pan to cool on racks
- Cherry Fosting:
- In lrg mixing bowl combine sour cream, whipping cream, powdered sugar, and cherry juice. Beat on med-high until fluffy.
- Chocolate Cover Cherries
- Pat dry drained cherries w/ stems w/ paper towel
- In small micro-wave safe bowel, melt semi-sweet and shortening
- 50% power for 1.5 - 2 minutes
- Dip cherries in chocolate and place on waxed papered cook tray
- Place in fridge until set
- Layer cake then fosting as many layers as you wish; dont fost side of the cake
- Top with chocolate covered cherries
The Rating
Reviewed by 6 people-
love this cake with the yummy Cherry frosting thanks high5
momo_55grandma
in Mountianview loved it
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You had me at chocolate dipped cherries. This sounds wonderful with all the chocolate layers.
High up on the YUM Factor "
Five forks and a smile :)
trigger
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wowee! delectably delicious
jett2whit
in Union City loved it
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