Sour Cream-Chocolate Cake

Sour Cream-Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour*
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup shortening
1 cup water
3/4 cup dairy sour cream
1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 eggs
4 ounces melted unsweetened chocolate (cool)
1 1/2 cups Chocolate Butter Frosting -- (see recipe)

Directions:
Heat oven to 350º. Grease and flour rectangular pan, 13 × 9 × 2 inches, or
2 round pans, 9 × 1 1/2 inches. Beat all ingredients except frosting in
large mixer bowl on low speed, scraping bowl constantly, 30 seconds. Beat
on high speed, scraping bowl occasionally, 3 minutes. Pour into pan(s).
Bake until top springs back when touched lightly, rectangular 40 to 45
minutes, layers 30 to 35 minutes. Cool layers 10 minutes; remove from
pans. Cool completely. Frost rectangular or fill and frost layers with
Chocolate Butter Frosting (see recipe).
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Please note, if you should change this recipe it will no longer be an
approved Betty Crocker® Recipe.
Copyright:
"© General Mills, Inc. 1998."
Yield:
"1 Cake"
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