Prep Time : 20 mins
Cook Time : 30 mins
Cooling time : 1 hr
Total Time : 1 hr 50 mins
Course: Cakes
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate-cake-recipes, chocolate-layer-cake-recipe
Servings: 16 pieces Calories: 559kcal
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1 cup salted butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3 large eggs
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup Dutch process unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp instant espresso powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk (not fat free)
- Chocolate Sour Cream Frosting:
- 1 cup salted butter
- 1 1/3 cup Dutch process unsweetened cocoa
- 5-6 cups powdered sugar
- 1 8 oz full fat sour cream
- 1/8 tsp almond extract optional
- heavy cream or milk to thin frosting, as needed
- Chocolate nonpareils for decorating optional
HOW TO MAKE IT :
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