Chocolate cake with sour cream and coffee impregnation

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Try to find as much fat sour cream as possible. I managed to find only twenty percent. And, in order to be safe, I hung it in gauze for the night. It is not necessary to do this, but to increase the density of sour cream, so that it does not immediately soak the cake, I would advise.

2. Step 2:

   

   Break a whole bar of chocolate into pieces. Slice the chocolate with a knife.

3. Step 3:

   

   Cook a hot Americano and pour the pieces of chocolate over the coffee. Stir with a whisk until the chocolate is completely dissolved.

4. Step 4:

   

   Beat eggs into a dry bowl, add sugar and pour vegetable oil.

5. Step 5:

   

   Mix at low speed with a mixer or whisk until smooth. It is not necessary to beat strongly.

6. Step 6:

   

   Pour the egg-butter mixture into a bowl with coffee and chocolate. Mix well. You can turn on the mixer again, or you can stir it manually.

7. Step 7:

   

   In a bowl, sift the flour and add the remaining dry ingredients: cocoa and baking soda. Mix thoroughly so that there are no lumps.

8. Step 8:

   

   Pour the mixture into a baking dish. I have silicone. The inner diameter is 18 centimeters. Lightly brush the bottom of the mold with butter. Bake at a temperature of 200 degrees until cooked for about 30-40 minutes.

10. Step 9:

    

    Check readiness by performing a dry toothpick test. The cake should crack and the toothpick in the middle should be completely dry.

11. Step 10:

    

    With a sharp large knife, cut off the "mound" of the cake. It will be needed for sprinkling. My cake turned out to be high, just enough to cut into two halves.

12. Step 11:

    

    Brew a portion of espresso. And with the help of a cooking brush, soak the coffee cakes.

13. Step 12:

    

    Rub sour cream with sugar until the latter dissolves.

14. Step 13:

    

    Put the first cake on the dish, smear it with half of sour cream.

15. Step 14:

    

    Top with the second cake and the remaining half of sour cream.

16. Step 15:

    

    Cut the "mound" grate on a coarse grater and sprinkle the cake with the resulting crumbs on top. Put it in the refrigerator soaked for at least 4 hours.