Marbled Chocolate Sour Cream Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Position a rack in the lower third of the oven, and preheat to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan.
• Sift the flour and salt into a medium bowl. Whisk together the eggs, sour cream and vanilla in a small bowl.
• Beat the butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until smooth. Gradually add the sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, to cream and lighten the butter.
• Continue to beat the butter mixture until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Scrape down the bowl as needed.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low. Beat in the flour, 1/4 cup at a time, then beat the batter for 30 seconds. Gradually beat in the egg mixture. (Take care not to overmix.)
• Transfer about 1/3 of the batter to a medium bowl, and stir in the hot chocolate mix. Spoon 1/2 the remaining vanilla batter into the prepared loaf pan, and smooth over the top with a spatula. Using 1/2 the hot chocolate batter, drop spoonfuls on top of the vanilla batter. Repeat with the remaining vanilla and hot chocolate batters. Run a skewer through the loaf pan to help swirl the 2 batters together. Tap the pan on the counter.
• Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean and the top springs back when lightly pressed, 1 hour to 1 hour and 30 minutes.
• Let the cake cool in the pan for a few minutes, then invert and let cool completely on a rack.

Steps:

• Add all ingredients at once. Mix until smooth, not too long
• Use greased and floured 8" square pan.
• Bake at 325 for 25-30 minutes.

Steps:

• Dissolve cocoa in boiling water; cool. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream, beating well after each addition. Add cocoa mixture and mix well. , Pour into 3 greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350° until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely. , In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and butter; stir until smooth. Cool for 5 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until light and fluffy. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. If desired, decorate with sprinkles. Store in the refrigerator.

Steps:

• In a small saucepan, combine the water, butter and chocolate. Cook and stir over low heat until melted; stir until smooth. Cool., In a large bowl, combine the flour, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Beat in the egg, egg white and sour cream on low speed just until combined. Beat in chocolate mixture until smooth. In another bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, egg white and vanilla until smooth; set aside., Spread chocolate batter into a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray. Drop the cream cheese mixture by tablespoonfuls over batter; cut through batter with a knife to swirl. Sprinkle with chocolate chips., Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Melt the chocolate in the microwave in a medium size bowl for 1 minute, stir, then continue to heat it for 10-20 second bursts until stirs smooth and totally melted, set aside.
• Mix the rest of the items (except powdered sugar) together, beating on low speed until moist then on high speed for 2 minutes.
• Take 2 cups of the cake batter and stir into the melted chocolate.
• Using a greased bundt or round tube pan, spoon in the two batters alternately.
• Bake at 375 degrees for 35-45 minutes; check for doneness with a toothpick.
• Cool in the pan for 20 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely before sprinkling with powdered sugar (right before serving).

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add yolks, incorporating well.
• Sift together flour and baking powder. On low speed add flour to butter mixture alternating with sour cream and half and half. In a clean bowl, whip whites until stiff. Gradually add sugar and whip until glossy. Fold into batter. In separate bowl stir together cocoa, coffee and baking soda. Take off 1/3 of the batter and stir in cocoa mixture. Drop spoonfuls of each colored batter into 6 nonstick mini bundt cake pans. Bake at 350 for 35 to 40 minutes or until firm to the touch. Let cool in pan then turn out. Serve with warm chocolate sauce and banana-walnut ice cream

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F/180 degrees C. Grease and line with parchment paper a 10-inch/25 cm cake pan, with quite high sides.
• Boil a full kettle of water and set aside. Have a roasting pan at the ready that will accommodate the cake pan comfortably.
• Put the Cognac or rum, espresso, chocolate and vanilla into a saucepan and melt over a bain-marie.
• Break the eggs into a large glass or metal bowl with the sugar. Set the bowl over a pot of warm water, and beat until the mixture has tripled in volume and has the consistency of whipped cream. This will take about 10 minutes.
• In a separate bowl, whip the cream into peaks.
• Partially fold the chocolate mixture into the egg mixture. Add the whipped heavy cream and continue folding the mixtures until evenly combined. Pour into the cake pan. Set the cake pan into the roasting pan, and slide it into the oven. Now, pour the hot water from the kettle into the roasting pan halfway up the sides of the cake pan.
• Bake until set, about 1 hour. Turn off the oven, open the door and let the cake sit for 15 minutes to sink evenly back into the pan. Remove the cake from the oven and let it sit 30 minutes in the water bath. Remove from the bath and flip the cake onto a platter. Press gold leaf, if using, on the top to decorate. Serve with sweetened whipped cream on the side.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease an flour one 10 inch tube pan.
• To make marbling mixture: Combine 1/3 cup of the coca and 1/2 cup of the white sugar and mix well.
• In a large bowl, beat the egg whites until stiff, and set aside.
• In another bowl, cream the butter with 1 cup of the sugar and the brown sugar. Beat in the egg yolks, then the vanilla and sour cream.
• In another bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking soda. Beat into the creamed mixture. Stir about 1/3 of the egg whites into the batter to lighten it and then fold in the rest gently but thoroughly. Spread about 1/4 of the batter into a greased and floured tube pan and sprinkle with about 1/3 of the cocoa-sugar mixture. Continue repeating layers, ending with the batter. With a knife, lightly swirl the batter and cocoa mixture together
• Bake at 325 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 3/4 hours, or until it tests done with a toothpick. Let cool on a rack. Makes 16 to 20 servings.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Butter the bottoms and sides of three 8-inch round cakepans.
• Line the bottom of each pan with a round of parchment or waxed paper and butter the paper.
• Sift the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into a large bowl, and whisk to combine them well.
• Add the oil and sour cream and half the water, whisk to blend; then gradually beat in the remaining water.
• Blend in the vinegar and vanilla, and whisk in eggs, beating until well blended.
• Scrape down the sides of the bowl and be sure the batter is well mixed.
• Divide among the 3 prepared cake pans.
• Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a cake tester or wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out almost clean.
• Let cool in the pans for about 20 minutes. Invert onto wire racks, carefully peel off the paper liners, and let cool completely.
• (Note: These cakes are very, very soft. I found them a lot easier to work with after firming them up in the freezer for 30 minutes. They'll defrost quickly once assembled. You'll be glad you did this, trust me.).
• Frost with desired frosting. For the Peanut Butter Frosting and Glaze with the original recipe: http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/08/chocolate-peanut-butter-cake/.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 345 degrees.
• Lightly grease 2 8" layer cake pans Melt the chocolate- set aside Sift sugar, flour, baking soda and salt togather into a large mixing bowl In a separate bowl, blend the hot coffee, sour cream, and vegetable oil with a whisk With the mixer on low speed, add the coffee mixture in a stream to the dry ingredients and mix until blended.
• Add the eggs one at a time and beat just until smooth Add the chocolate and mix until until the batter in a uniform color.
• Divide the batter evenly and pour into prepared pans Bake until the cake springs back to the touch.
• Do not wait for a crust to form.
• 35-38 minutes.
• Cool, frost, enjoy!

Steps:

• Set oven to 325 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 12-cup bundt cake pan.
• In a bowl beat butter with 2 cups plus 2 tbsps sugar together until fluffy (about 3 minutes).
• Add in eggs and vanilla; beat until well combined (about 4 minutes).
• Add in the sour cream; mix until combined.
• In a bowl mix together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt; add the creamed mixture; mix until just combined.
• Remove 2 cups of the batter; stir in the melted bittersweet chocolate.
• Add/stir in the dark chocolate chips into the white cake batter.
• Add/stir the white chocolate chips into the dark batter.
• Using heaping tablespoonfuls alternately dollup the different cake batters into the prepared bundt pan.
• Run a knife through the cake only once, swirling the batter a little.
• Bake for about 50-60 minutes, or until the cake tests done.
• Cool cake in pan for about 15-20 minutes before removing to a rack.