Sourdoughchocolatecake Recipes

Steps:

• Sift together flour, cocoa, soda, baking powder, and salt.
• Cream shortening, sugar, and eggs. Blend in sourdough starter. Add sifted ingredients slowly to creamed mixture, beating until smooth. Stir in water and vanilla, and mix well. Pour batter into greased and floured 9 x 13 inch pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 minutes, or until done.

Steps:

• Prepare chocolate mixture by placing chocolate in a small pan and adding hot water.
• Bring to a boil, stirring constantly.
• Add baking soda and mix-- mixture will foam.
• Cool mixture to lukewarm.
• Meanwhile, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs one at a time and beat well after each addition.
• Add vanilla and the cooled chocolate mixture.
• Add nuts, flour, salt and sourdough starter.
• Mix well and pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 inch baking pan.
• Let set in a warm place for 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Bake 35 to 40 minutes, or until a pick comes out clean.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and lightly flour an 8x8-inch cake pan.
• Cut cold butter into small pieces with a knife and place in a medium mixing bowl. Add brown sugar, flour, cinnamon, and salt. Use a pastry knife or 2 forks to cut butter into dry ingredients until large crumbs form. Set streusel aside.
• Combine flour, cinnamon, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until creamy and fluffy. Add egg and mix for 1 minute. Add sourdough discard and dry ingredients; mix until just combined. Pour batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle streusel on top, followed by the pecan pieces.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Place pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes.
• Stir confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla, and salt together to make the glaze. Add more sugar to make a thicker glaze, or more milk to make a thinner glaze.
• Pour the glaze into a resealable plastic bag and seal. Snip a tiny piece, about 1/8 of an inch, off one of the bottom corners. Hold bag over the cake and squeeze the glaze through the tiny opening, moving your hand across the top, drizzling glaze as you go. Cut cake into 9 pieces and serve.

Steps:

• Combine sourdough starter, oil and egg.
• Stir together dry ingredients and add to sourdough mixture.
• Put dough into greased 9 inch square pan.
• Crumble topping ingredients together (I use a pastry blender) and sprinkle topping on top of batter.
• Bake for 35 minutes at 350 degrees.