Decadent Chocolate Cake

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Title: Decadent Chocolate Cake
Categories: Cakes, Chocolate
Yield: 12 servings

1 c Water; boiling
3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
8 tb Sweet butter
1 ts Vanilla extract
2 c Sugar
2 Eggs; separated
1 ts Baking soda
1/2 c Sour cream
2 c Flour; sifted; minus 2 tbls
1 ts Baking powder
Frosting:
2 tb Sweet butter
3/4 c Semisweet chocolate chips
6 tb Heavy cream
1 1/4 c Powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350~. Grease and flour a 10" tube pan.
Knock out excess. Pour boiling water over chocolate and
butter; let stand until melted. Stir in vanilla and sugar,
then whisk in egg yolks, one at a time, blending well after
each addition. Mix baking soda and sour cream and whisk
into chocolate mixture. Sift flour and baking powder
together and add to batter, mixing thoroughly. Beat egg
whites until stiff but not dry. Stir a quarter of the egg
whites thoroughly into the batter. Scoop remaining egg
whites on top of the batter and gently fold together. Pour
batter into the prepared pan. Set on the middle rack of the
oven and bake for 40-50 minutes, or until the edges have
pulled away from the sides of the pan and a cake tester
inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for
10 minutes; unmold and cool completely before frosting. 12
portions.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Place all ingredients in a heavy
saucepan over low heat and whisk until smooth. Cool
slightly; add more sugar if necessary to achieve a
spreading consistency. Spread on cake while frosting is
still warm.

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