Make this Valentine's Day Special with Friendship® Sour Cream Chocolate Cake with Ganache Icing!

Sour Cream Chocolate Cake with Ganache Icing
by Mary Margaret Chappell

Baking time: 35-40 minutes

Preheat oven to 350º F. Grease and flour 2 8-inch round cake pans.

Heat chocolate in microwave for 1 minute on medium power. Stir, and heat 1 minute more. Stir again. Repeat heating and stirring until chocolate is melted. Stir in coffee.

Blend flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in bowl.

Beat sugar ad butter with electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, and beat until combined. Add chocolate mixture, and beat until combined. Beat in Friendship® Light Sour Cream and vanilla, then gradually add flour mixutre. Beat 2 minutes, or until smooth.

Pour into prepared pans, and bake 35-40 minutes, or until edges start to pull away from sides of pan and a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in pan, then unmold onto wire rack and cool completely.

Ganache Icing:
Place chocolate in large heatproof bowl. Bring cream to a boil, pour over chocolate and stir until chocolate is melted. Cool. Whisk icing several times to thicken and make more spreadable.

Place one cake round on plate. Spread 1 cup icing on top. Cover with second cake round, and frost top and sides.

Per serving: 560 calories; 7g protein; 320g total fat; 69g carbs; 90mg cholesterol; 299 mg sodium; 4g fiber; 46g sugar.