Dom Deluise’s Outrageous Yum Yum Cake

Title: Dom Deluise's Outrageous Yum Yum Cake

Categories: Celebrity, Chocolate

Yield: 12 servings

2 c Flour; sifted

1 tb Baking powder

1/2 ts Baking soda

2 c Sugar

1 lg Egg

1/2 c Unsalted butter; room temp

1 c Sour cream

1/2 c Water

2 ts Vanilla

1/2 c Cocoa

2 tbls

12 oz Semi sweet chocolate chips

--chocolate butter

-icing--

6 oz Semi sweet chocolate chips

3 tb Strong coffee

3/4 c Unsalted butter; soften

Preheat oven to 350. Sift flour, baking powder and baking

soda on waxed paper. Butter and flour two 9 cake pans. In

large mixing bowl, beat sugar and egg until sugar is

dissolved. Add butter and mix into egg mixture. Add sour

cream, water and vanilla; beat again. Add flour mixture and cocoa; beat slowly until flour is absorbed. Do not

overbeat. Fold in chocolate pieces.

Divide mixture in prepared pans. Bake 35-40 minutes or until tested done. Cool cakes on wire racks for 10 minutes.

Remove from pans and cool completely. Frost.

CHOCOLATE BUTTER ICING: In a small saucepan, melt chocolate

chips in the coffee over very low heat.

Remove pan from heat. Beat in butter, 1 tbls at a time,

until smooth. Set pan in bowl of ice and beat until icing

is spreadable and holds its shape. --