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  • Serves: Makes one cake or about 20 cupcakes

Norwegian Gold Cake with Sour Cream Ganache

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Category: Kids, Cakes

 Ingredients List

  • ##### Norwegian Gold Cake: #####
  • 1 2/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 t. baking powder
  • 1/4 t. salt
  • 1/4 t. vanilla extract
  • 1/4 t. almond extract
  • ~~~~~ Sour Cream Ganache Frosting ~~~~~
  • 10 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • A pinch of salt

 Directions

Norwegian Gold Cake:

-Makes one cake or about 20 cupcakes-

Preheat the oven to 325° F for cake or 375° F for cupcakes. Grease the bottom of a 10-inch tube or bundt pan, or line two cupcake pans with paper liners. Have all ingredients at room temperature.

Beat together for five minutes:

1 2/3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1 cup butter

Then add:

5 eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition

Then add:

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 t. baking powder
1/4 t. salt
1/4 t. vanilla extract
1/4 t. almond extract

Beat for two minutes.

For a cake, bake for about one hour, checking after fifty minutes. For cupcakes, bake for 20-25 minutes.

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Sour Cream Ganache Frosting

Melt:

10 ounces semi-sweet chocolate

Then stir in:

1 cup sour cream
A pinch of salt

Spread onto completely cooled cake.

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