Makes: 24 servings
Prep: 25 mins
Bake: 25 mins to 30 mins at 350°F
[post_ads]Ingredients
Prep: 25 mins
Bake: 25 mins to 30 mins at 350°F
[post_ads]Ingredients
- 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/4 cup water
- Fluffy Whipped Cream Frosting (see below)
Ingredients
- 3 cups heavy cream
- 2 ounces chopped premium white baking chocolate
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 tablespoons confectioners' sugar
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour three 9 x 2-inch round cake pans.
- Microwave 4 ounces chocolate in glass bowl on high to melt, stirring once, 2 minutes. Stir in remaining chocolate. Cool slightly.
- Sift flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt onto parchment or waxed paper.
- Beat butter and sugar in bowl until fluffy, 3 minutes. Beat in vanilla. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Beat in chocolate.
- Mix sour cream and water in bowl. On low speed, beat flour mixture into butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour; beat on medium-high speed 3 minutes. Spread 1/3 of batter in each pan.
- Bake in 350 degrees F oven 25 to 30 minutes, until wooden pick inserted in center of comes out clean; do not overbake. Cool 15 minutes on rack. Turn cakes out onto rack. Cool.
To assemble cake:
- Sandwich 3 cake layers together, using 1 cup frosting between. Frost top sides with remaining frosting. Chill cake at least 2 hours for easy cutting. Garnish with white chocolate curls. Keep cake refrigerated until ready to serve.
Fluffy Whipped Cream Frosting
Directions
- Chill 2-1/2 cups cream, large mixing bowl and beaters in refrigerator. Bring additional 1/2 cup cream in saucepan to boiling. Remove from heat. Stir white baking chocolate until melted. Pour into second bowl; refrigerate to chill, about 1 hour. Add chilled cream, chilled chocolate mixture, vanilla and confectioners' sugar together in chilled bowl; beat 3 minutes or until stiff enough to spread, but not grainy.
Nutrition Information for Celebration Cake
Servings Per Recipe: 24
PER SERVING: 310 cal., 21 g total fat (11 g sat. fat), 83 mg chol., 127 mg sodium, 29 g carb. (1 g fiber), 3 g pro.
