Basic Chocolate Cake Recipe

1/2 c. butter
2 c. sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
3 sqs. unsweetened chocolate, melted & cooled
2 c. cake flour, sifted
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. sour cream
1 c. boiling water

Beat butter and sugar together in large bowl. Add eggs, beat until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and chocolate. Sift dry ingredients together, add alternately with sour cream to butter mixture, beat well after each addition. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch layer pans. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven 35 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10 minutes.