Triple Chocolate, Bacon and Sour Cream Cake

Name: Triple Chocolate, Bacon and Sour Cream Cake
Yield: Makes one 9-inch (23 cm) cake
Ingredients: ¼ cup (60 mL) honey; 1 tsp (5 mL) baking powder; 1½ tsp (7.5 mL) baking soda; ⅓ cup (80 mL) cocoa powder; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) sea salt; ½ cup (125 mL) light brown sugar; 1 cup (250 mL) granulated sugar; 1 cup (250 mL) softened unsalted butter; ¼ cup (60 mL) crispy bacon bits, divided; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) honey; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) light corn syrup; 2 Tbsp (30 mL) granulated sugar; ½ cup (125 mL) chopped extra bitter chocolate; ½ cup (125 mL) chopped milk chocolate; ½ cup (125 mL) chopped white chocolate; ¼ cup (60 mL) whole milk; ¼ cup (60 mL) whipping cream; 3 large eggs; 2 cups (500 mL) all-purpose flour; ¾ cup (180 mL) whole milk; ¾ cup (180 mL) sour cream

Preparation info

Makes
one
9-inch (23 cm) cake

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Bacon, Butter, Bourbon and Chocolate Cookbook

By Bruno Feldeisen

Published 2024

About

Sour cream is the magic ingredient that makes this cake perfectly moist. Anytime I find a cake recipe too dry for my liking, I adjust it by adding sour cream. It’s always an easy fix.

Ingredients

Cake Batter

1 cup (250 mL) softened unsalted butter
1 cup (250

Cake

Method

For Cake Batter

Preheat oven to 360°F (180°C).

Cut a round piece of parchment paper to fit evenly at the bottom of a 9-inch (23 cm) nonstick springform pan. Cut two 3½ × 15 inch (9 × 38 cm) strips of parchment paper and place them (overlapping) on the inner sides of t