BASIC CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients:
Butter (or) Margarine - 1/2 cup
Sugar - 2 cups
Eggs - 3
Vanilla extract - 1 1/2 tsp
Unsweetened chocolate - 3 squares (melted and cooled)
Cake flour - 2 cups (sifted)
Baking soda - 2 tsp
Salt - 1/2 tsp
Sour cream - 1 cup
Boiling water - 1 cup

Method:

• Beat butter and sugar together in large bowl. Add eggs; Beat until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and chocolate. 
• Sift together dry ingredients. Ad alternately with sour cream to butter mixture; beat well after each addition. Stir in boiling water. Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch layer-cake pans.
• Bake in preheated 350 F oven 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Col in pan on wire racks 10 minutes. Turn out onto racks; cool completely. Fill and frost as desired.