Chocolate Love Cake Name: Jennifer Miller Base: Fort Belvoir Recipe: Ingredients For the cake 2 1/2 cups loosely packed brown sugar 2 1/4 cups sifted flour 2 teaspoons baking soda 1/2 cup butter, softened 3 eggs 3 unsweetened chocolate squares ( 80g, or 85% or higher) 1 1/2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract 1 cup sour cream 1 cup boiling water, and 1 pinch salt Butter cream frosting 1 lb butter ( soft) 2 lbs icing sugar 1 tablespoon milk ( as needed) Directions Preheat oven to 350°F. Melt chocolate in microwave (30 seconds at a time) or in a double boiler. Grease two 9-inch cake pans. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate larger bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter until light. Add sugar and continue beating. Add eggs one at a time, scraping bowl well after each addition. Beat on high speed for 5 minutes. Add vanilla and chocolate. Stir in sifted dry ingredients alternately with sour cream (starting and ending with flour, i.e. add some flour, then some sour cream, then more flour -- etc). Stir in boiling water. Pour into pans. Bake for 35 minutes (start testing for doneness after about 27 minutes; if there are a few moist crumbs on the tester, it's ok to take it out). Cool in pans for 5 to 10 minutes. Remove to a rack and let cool completely before icing. To make the frosting: Mix all the frosting ingredients together in mixer. Once it is well mixed, frost the cake generously. Enjoy :-D.