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2 cups sifted cake flour ½ teaspoon salt 3 ounces bittersweet chocolate 2 sticks butter 2 cups sugar 2 large eggs ½ cup sour cream 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup hot, strong coffee Vanilla (wasn’t in the original recipe but I always add some) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 8-inch round cake pans or a 11x7-inch pan. Blend flour and salt together and set aside. Melt chocolate and cool until tepid. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then add sour cream and vanilla. Add flour mixture, then the melted chocolate. Dissolve baking soda in hot coffee and then add to batter. It will be watery. Divide batter between pans and bake until sides come away from the pan or about 30 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes then remove from pans and cool completely before frosting. |