3 squares Baker’s unsweetened baking chocolate
1/4 cup boiling water
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/4 cups white sugar
1/3 cup butter
1 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla


In a bowl add chocolate squares–pour boiling water over the chocolate squares. Stir until chocolate is melted–set aside. Into a large bowl sift the flour, baking soda and salt–set aside. In a mixer add butter and white sugar–beat. Add eggs and vanilla–beat. Add sour cream–beat. Add melted chocolate–beat. Add flour mixture–beat until smooth. Pour batter into a greased and floured cake pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes–test with a toothpick for doneness. Frost as desired.

2 cups white sugar
1 cup butter (softened)
5 egg yolks
5 egg whites
2 1/2 cups CAKE flour
1/2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
1 or 2 tsp. vanilla


In a mixer add egg whites–beat until stiff–set aside. Into a bowl sift the cake flour, salt and baking powder–set aside. In a mixer add butter, egg yolks, and white sugar–beat. Add vanilla and milk–beat. Add cake flour mixture–beat. Add beaten egg whites to the batter–beat well. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan. Bake at 350-375 degrees for 25-35 minutes–test with a toothpick for doneness.

Crumbs: 10 squares Baker’s semi-sweet baking chocolate (chopped coarsely with a knife); 3/4 cup chopped walnuts; 2/3 cup white sugar


Cake: 3/4 cup softened butter; 1 1/4 cups white sugar; 3 eggs; 1 1/2 cups sour cream; 2 tsp. vanilla; 2 1/2 cups flour; 2 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1 tsp. baking soda; 1/2 tsp. salt


In a bowl add chopped chocolate, chopped walnuts and 2/3 cup white sugar–stir and set aside. In a mixer add butter and 1 1/4 cups white sugar–beat. Add eggs–beat. Add sour cream and vanilla–beat. Add flour slowly–beat. Add baking powder, baking soda and salt–beat. Grease a 10″ tube pan/bundt cake pan. Pour 2 cups of the batter into the pan evenly. Sprinkle 1 cup of the chocolate crumb mixture on top of the batter in the pan. Add another 2 cups of batter on top, and sprinkle another 1 cup of the chocolate crumbs on top. Pour remaining batter on top, and sprinkle remaining chocolate crumbs on top (you should end up with 3 layers). Bake at 350 degrees for 55-60 minutes–test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool 20 minutes, then invert on to a cake plate.

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