Makes:
16 servings
Total Time:
1 hr 40 min
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Category:
Desserts
Sub Category: Cakes
what you need
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 sticks Breakstone's Butter, softened
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup Breakstone's Sour Cream
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 oz. bottle red food color
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla
- For icing:
- 8 oz. Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened
- 4 tablespoons butter, softened
- 2 tablespoons sour cream
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla
- 1 pound box confectioner's sugar
make it
Preheat oven to 350. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt; set aside. Cream butter and sugar 5 to 7 minutes. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Mix in sour cream, milk, food color, and vanilla. Gradually blend to flour mixture. Do not over mix.
Pour batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to cool on wire rack.
Frosting: beat cream cheese, butter, and sour cream in a medium bowl. Add remaining ingredients and mix till smooth. Cool cake completely before frosting.
Notes
Top frosting with red sugar for Christmas.
