Sour Cream Chocolate Bit Cake

Friday is one of my favorite days in writing my blog. I love going through my recipes and deciding which one I’ll be sharing. Sometimes this takes a while as I have a lot of favorite recipes. Today I will be sharing a Sour Cream Chocolate Bit Cake.

Many years ago when I was engaged to be married one of the best presents I received was a collection of recipes from my mother-in-law. As a young bride with not a lot of cooking experience it was wonderful to start out married life with a collection of tried and true recipes, many of which were favorites of my husband!

An all time favorite, which I have been making for the last 30 years, is a recipe for Sour Cream Chocolate Bit Cake. This is an easy recipe that can be put together in a matter of minutes; just remember to put your butter in a bowl to soften. It is so delicious warm from the oven! It is also a perfect addition to lunch boxes. Enjoy!!

Now here is my confession! When I went to make this cake I realized I didn’t have any sour cream in the house and I really didn’t want to make the twenty minute drive to the nearest store so I looked up substitutions and found I could use yogurt instead along with an extra teaspoon of baking powder. The result was delicious and probably a healthier version but it didn’t rise as high and all the chocolate chips sunk to the bottom of the cake. Hence the flat looking cake in the pictures! I’ll have to show you a picture of the cake using sour cream another time, or make it yourself and see how beautiful it comes out!

Sour Cream Chocolate Bit Cake

Ingredients:

6 Tbsp butter, softened
1 cup and 1 Tbsp sugar
2 eggs
1 ⅓ cup all purpose flour
1 ½ tsp. baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 cup sour cream
1 pkg (6oz) semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Mix butter with the 1 cup of sugar until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time. In another bowl stir together flour, baking soda and baking powder and cinnamon. Add to the butter mixture. Mix in sour cream.

Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 pan. Scatter chocolate chips evenly over the batter, and then sprinkle with the remaining 1 Tbsp of sugar.

Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes or until done.