VALENTINE SOUR CREAM CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH CHERRY VANILLA YOGURT SAUCE
Makes one Bundt cake or 8 heart-shaped cakes
Ingredients
1 3/4 cup flour unbleached, all-purpose
A Baby Goat at Redwood Hill Farm |
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2/3 cup butter, softened
2 cups Green Valley Organics Sour Cream
2 eggs
2 tsp Madagascar vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract
1 cup chocolate chips semi-sweet
Chocolate Frosting Glaze:
3 Tbsp butter
2 Tbsp cocoa powder
3 Tbsp milk
1 cup powdered sugar
1 tsp almond extract
Cherry Vanilla Yogurt Sauce:
2-6 oz. tubs Redwood Hill Farm Goat Milk Yogurt Vanilla flavor
1 vanilla bean scraped
1 cup dark cherries chopped (frozen and thawed is fine)
1/2 tsp almond extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour bundt pan.
In large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt.
In separate bowl, combine butter, sour cream, and eggs, beating with hand or stand mixer until smooth. Mix wet and dry ingredients together, and beat with hand or stand mixer for 3 minutes.
Pour batter into prepared pan and bake 50 to 55 minutes, until wooden skewer inserted into cake comes out clean. Cool before removing from pan.
While cake cools, melt butter in small saucepan over medium heat. Stir in cocoa and milk until smooth. Remove from heat, add confectioners sugar and almond extract and beat using stand or hand mixer until silky smooth. Drizzle over top of cooled cake.
Allow to set before serving.
To make the Cherry Vanilla Yogurt Sauce, whisk together yogurt, vanilla bean paste, cherries and almond extract. Refrigerate until needed.
Chef’s Tip: How to Scrape a Vanilla Bean
Slice vanilla bean lengthwise down middle. Using paring knife, scrape out vanilla bean seeds from inside sliced pods. Instead of discarding used vanilla bean pods, put them in cup or two of granulated sugar in covered container. Allow to sit for week and enjoy vanilla-scented sugar in coffee, hot chocolate, baked goods, sprinkled over sugar cookies, and more.
Frank Price, Goat Magnet! |
Hi Janet!
ReplyDeleteI was laughing so hard when you mentioned the goats and the love of them:) My daughter and my grnadson are in the midst of a "discussion" about whether he should get a goat or not, lol...I'm sure it will be a while before it is settled, lol...
LOVE this cake, Janet. I especially like the Cherry Vanilla Yogurt Sauce. Very cool! I'm going to make fresh yogurt tomorrow!
Thanks so much for sharing, Janet...
Hi, Louise,
ReplyDeleteGoats are fabulous..I know so many people who have them.. This really is a great recipe, and adaptable! Hope you're well!
All is well over here, thank goodness:) I Face Timed with the kids last night and I'm told the goat conversation is still swirling, lol...Will let you know:) didn't get to making yogurt today when I do, I'm going to try this recipe. I think I pinned it but I better check:)
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