Did you know?

Did you know that we have a National Chocolate Cake Day?....well I didn't either, but when I heard, well I just had to celebrate such a delicious day.  I wanted a cake...a deliciously perfect, heavenly cake worthy of such a day so I scoured the internet for the perfect sounding cake....and found it on All recipes.  This one was a blue ribbon winner in a county fair in Pennsylvania,  how could it not be a winner for us too!  With as much brown sugar, sour cream and chocolate, how could it go wrong?

It was scrumptious...just perfect.  Chocolaty cake with a creamy light frosting, not too thick and overwhelming the cake.  I will bake it a little less than I did this time, but this cake is definitely a winner.  We all loved it!!

Every last luscious lick was enjoyed!

Sandy's Chocolate Cake   (from Allrecipes.com)

Ingredients

• 3 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
• 3/4 cup baking cocoa
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/3 cups sour cream
• 1 1/3 cups boiling water
• FROSTING:
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine
• 3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
• 3 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
• 5 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Directions

1. In a mixing bowl, cream brown sugar and butter. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy. Blend in vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately with sour cream to creamed mixture. Mix on low just until combined. Stir in water until blended. Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely. For frosting, in a medium saucepan, melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool several minutes. In a mixing bowl, combine sugar, sour cream and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture and beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake.

by the way, National Chocolate Cake Day was celebrated on Friday Jan. 27, 2012.... next year it will be on Sunday, Jan. 27 2013  .  I know I'm planning on celebrating. Will you?