Chocolate Sour Cream Cake Recipe (Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosting)
This chocolate sour cream cake recipe bakes up soft thanks to sour cream in the batter. For the chocolate peanut butter frosting, you’ll warm butter, milk, and cocoa, then whisk in powdered sugar and peanut butter until smooth. Follow the ingredients (malzemeleri) and how to make (nasıl yapılır) steps for an easy, bakery-style dessert.
Ingredients
1. For the cake
2. For the frosting
Step-by-Step Method
Prep the oven and pan
Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a medium cake pan; line the bottom with parchment if you like easy release.
Mix the dry ingredients
In a large bowl, whisk together sugar, flour, and baking soda just until evenly combined.
Warm the butter mixture
In a saucepan, heat water, 1 cup butter, and margarine until the fats melt and the mixture is hot. Take it off the heat.
Combine into a smooth batter
Pour the hot mixture into the dry ingredients and whisk until smooth and glossy.
Add eggs and sour cream
Let the batter cool slightly, then whisk in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the sour cream until fully blended.
Bake and cool
Pour into the prepared pan and bake for about 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pan, then cool completely on a rack.
Start the frosting base
In a small saucepan, warm 1/2 cup butter, milk, and cocoa powder, stirring until the cocoa is smooth. Let it cool to warm.
Whisk to frosting consistency
Gradually beat in powdered sugar until smooth. Mix in vanilla and peanut butter. If it’s too thick, add 1–2 tablespoons milk.
Frost and finish
Once the cake is completely cool, spread the frosting over the top. Sprinkle chopped peanuts if using, then slice and serve.