Name: Sunday Night Cake
Yield: Yield: one 9-inch Square Cake
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 10 tablespoons (1¼ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into ½-inch pieces; 2 teaspoons baking powder; 1 cup sour cream; 3½ tablespoons cornstarch; 3 large eggs; 6 tablespoons (¾ stick) unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch pieces, at room temperature; ¾ cup plus 2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 tablespoons dark unsweetened cocoa powder (like Valrhona); ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; 1¾ cups cake flour; ¾ cup granulated sugar; 3 ounces good-quality unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped

Preparation info

Yield:
one
9 inch Square Cake

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Baked Explorations

By Matt Lewis and Renato Poliafito

Published 2010

About

The wonderful sunday night cake, as its name implies, is a great way to end a weekend. It is a no-frills affair—no layers to fill, no curds to set, no egg whites to whip. It is just an exceedingly pleasing, simple, and delicious gently spiced sour cream cake with easy chocolate frosting. The theme behind Sunday Night Cake is ease and comfort. Therefore, if your guests are seeking something more complicated, like a six-layer cake or a roulade, they should be directed elsewhere or asked to re