Currently baking from Great Coffee Cakes, Sticky Buns, Muffins & More by Carole Walter.
My next cookbook is going to have to be a diet cookbook. Or a cookbook of vegetables only. Ugh. Two bites of this cake pretty much sent me over the edge. It is rich, heavy and very, very chocolatey. Don’t even try to eat it without milk. Consider yourself warned.
This is a chocolate sour cream cake topped with a chocolate streusel. Did I mention there was some chocolate in it? I actually found the streusel to be over the top and ended up picking most of it off on the square I ate. I actually think the toasted coconut streusel (from the pineapple squares recipe) would be a much better choice here. The combination of the chocolate streusel and the chocolate cake was just too much for me.
On to the cake. It is an easy recipe to whip up; no complaints there. The cake batter starts out by melting butter and unsweetened chocolate together. Then, granulated sugar, dark brown sugar, and vanilla are slowly added to whipped eggs, along with the butter/chocolate mixture. The dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, etc) are added alternately with sour cream. The batter is topped off with the streusel and the whole thing bakes for about 30 minutes.
The finished cake does have a heavy tang from the sour cream, which some people may not like. Cutting down the sour cream or replacing some of it with yogurt could help. Some of my tasters thought the cake was a little dry, but that’s likely because I might have overcooked it. Some of my tasters also thought they were eating brownies, but that’s a whole other story.
All I know is this cake got rave reviews from the softball players that I felt sorry for and gave a piece as they left the ballpark one night. One said he would pay for more pieces of this cake. I liked it but did seem that with a glass of cold milk with it did seem to be better. I am a big milk drinker tho and use every excuse to have a glass so it could be me. Can’t figure out why I am fat…lol
This looks so yummy! How’d I miss the taste-testing party?! Don’t put coconut on it, that would ruin it for sure. It needs chocolate frosting and nuts! LOL I’ll bring the milk if you do another testing…
Do I get a vote too? I vote for a diet cookbook as well!!!! I have tried a few of your recipes recently and, although my thighs thank you, the scale does not!! Oh but this looks divine.