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Sourdough Chocolate Cake

Sourdough Chocolate Cake just like traditional chocolate cake but with sourdough This recipe combines the rich and indulgent taste of chocolate with the subtle tanginess of sourdough, resulting in a moist and flavorful cake that's both delicious and distinctive.
Course Dessert
Keyword chocolate cake, cream cheese frosting, sourdough chocolate cake
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes

Equipment

  • Kitchen aid stand mixer
  • Large mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups
  • Measuring spoons
  • Cake pan 
  • Spatula

Ingredients

Chocolate Cake

  • 2.5 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 2 tsp baking soda
  • 2 tsp vinegar
  • 1 tsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 egg eggs
  • 1 cup coffee
  • 3/4 cup whole milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 2/3 cup coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup sourdough fed or unfed

Cream Cheese Frosting

  • 8 oz cream cheese room temp
  • 4 tbsp butter unsalted, room temp
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp vanilla

Instructions

Make the batter:

  • Preheat your oven to 350°F.
  • Measure out all of the dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl. Flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Whisk everything together.
  • In a kitchen aid mixer bowl combine eggs, coffee, milk, vanilla. Mix for about 1 minute on low speed.
  • In a small bowl dissolve the baking soda with the vinegar. Add to the mixer.
  • Add melted cooled off coconut oil into the mixer bowl and mix for another minute.
  • Add sourdough starter and mix for another minute.
  • Once everything is mixed and incorporated, add in your dry ingredients mixture and mix with a spatula.

Bake the cake:

  • Now that the batter is made, divide it into two and bake one at a time for 30 mins. If you have two of the same size forms, you can bake two at once.

Cool the cake:

  • Remove the cake from the pan onto a parchment paper upside down. This will help flatten the top of the cake a bit.

Make the frosting:

  • While the cake is cooling, prepare the frosting by adding cream cheese, butter, powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and vanilla in a kitchen aid mixer and mix with the whisk on medium for about 3 mins, until it's all smooth and creamy.

Assemble the cake:

  • Place one cake upside down and add a layer of the cream cheese frosting.
  • Add the second cake on top of the frosting right side up.
  • Gently slice the top layer off just a bit to make sure the cream can soak in. (see picture)
  • Add the rest of the frosting on top and spread all over  including the sides. The sides can be "naked" with the frosting see through.

Rest time:

  • Let the cake rest in the fridge for at least an hour or overnight.

Serve:

  • Slice and serve.
  • Bonus tip: I like to shave a little bit of chocolate on top of the cake just for looks.

Notes

Bonus tip: I like to shave a little bit of chocolate on top of the cake just for looks.