Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

in an attempt to bake like Awfully Chocolate...

sour cream was thought to be the secret..

 so this became a to-bake target ..

& a pilot..

which turned out to be one of my favourite. 

wheee!

making the easy peasy chocolate ganache, yum

a fork did the trick *winks

sweet treats for my family & the chums

a pretty good picture by Sherman Gabriel. thank you. 

Makes 24 rectangulars or 48 mini squares

Sour Cream Chocolate Cake

Ingredients
- 1 2/4 cups (185g) plain flour 
- 1/4 cup (35g) wholemeal flour
- 1 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 cups (313g) sugar
- 3/4 cup (60g) cocoa
- a pinch of salt
- 2/3 cup (135g) butter, softened
- 200ml light sour cream
- 250ml low-fat milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla

Methods
1. Preheat oven to 175 degree celcius.
2. Grease/line a 10.5-inch by 10.5-inch baking tin. 
3. Sift plain flour, baking soda, cocoa and salt.
4. Stir in the sugar and wholemeal flour.
5. Cream butter and mix in the sour cream, milk, eggs and vanilla.
6. Beat in the dry ingredients until well-combined.
7. Pour batter into tin.
8. Bake for 40 - 45 minutes until skewer comes out clean. 
9. Cool & spread with ganache (recipe below).

Chocolate Ganache

Ingredients
- 300g chocolate (I used a mixutre of 78% dark & semi-sweet chocolate chips)
- barely 1 cup (150g) whipping/heavy cream

Methods
1. Microwave the cream on high for 2 minutes until cream simmers.
2. Immediately pour over the chocolate and let it stand for 2 minutes (if the chocolate still cannot melt completely, pop it into the microwave for another 30 - 45 seconds) before stirring until the mixture becomes glossy. --> you can pour this over the cake and let the glaze set or...
3. Cool in the freezer for 15 - 20 minutes. 
4. Whip until stiff for 2 - 3 minutes and spread on the cake. 

Enjoy !

How was it?

LOVE it. the wholemeal flour added a slight gritty texture to the cake which was interesting, not your ordinary chocolate cake. the flavours of the cake & ganache matched up perfectly...it is a true chocolatey treat but not too heavy...'light' enough for you to have a piece & go for another one & another one & another one.... (that's me, oops).

Addie, my avid baker friend felt that the tinge of sourness from the sour cream wasn't for her but she enjoyed the gritty texture.

Jo-anne Lee is a cute momma at work, her feedback "your brownie damn shiok! may I have the recipe?"...or something like that...so I was #flattered & got so #excited to post this to share with her & anyone else who ought to have a go at this recipe because it is really goooood.

Better it up!
this is as good as it can get ! perhaps for those who isn't a fan of sour cream, replace it with buttermilk instead. & the ganache recipe yields way more than what your cake would need, so either you halve the recipe or do what I do - make more & use the remaining to adorn other bakes. & for the nutrition geek in me....perhaps throwing in more wholemeal flour...I shall attempt & fill you in.

Verdict

Recipe Adapted from...
Hershey's  (Chocolate Sour Cream Cake)
Food Network (Ganache Frosting)
Savoury Sweet Life (Simply Glorious: Chocolate Ganache Recipe 3 Ways)