Classic Chocolate Fudge Cake

I finally found a great chocolate cake recipe! From Junior League of Portland cookbook

3 oz of unsweetened baking chocolate (use SCHARFFENBERGER)
½ unsalted butter at room temperature
2 ¼ cups of brown sugar, firmly packed
3 eggs
2 tsps of vanilla extract
2 ¼ cups of cake flour (Soft as Silk brand -- comes in a box)
2 tsps of baking soda
½ tsp of salt
1 cup of sour cream
1 cup of boiling water

Preheat oven to 350
In a metal bowl, over hot, but not boiling water, slowly melt chocolate squares, stirring gently, let cool for a bit.

Prepare pans: two 9” pans, greased, floured and with circles of waxed paper or parchment paper lining the bottoms.

In a large mixing bowl, cream butter --add sugar and eggs. Beat at HIGH speed for FIVE minutes, until light and fluffy. Be sure to scrape bottom and sides of pan to mix thoroughly, Beat in vanilla and melted chocolate.

In another bowl, sift together flour, baking soda and salt. Add about a cup of the flour mixture, then the cup of sour cream and then the rest of the flour mixture. When well blended stir in boiling water. Batter will be thin and runny.

Pour into prepared pans and bake 30 35 minutes until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. The cakes will puff up in the center and small cracks will form on the tops.

Cool in pans for fifteen minutes, remove to wire racks and finish cooling.

Frosting:

In a metal bowl, over hot, but not boiling water, combine 2 2oz squares of unsweetened baking chocolate (use SCHARFFENBERGER) and ½ cup of butter. Slowly melt together, stirring gently. In a medium bowl, combine 1 pound (one box) of powdered sugar and ½ cup of whipping cream (you made need a bit more) and 2 tsps of vanilla -- beat until smooth. Add chocolate/butter mixture. Set pan in a bowl of ice water, and beat until thick. Place one cake with top side down on serving plate, spread icing on it, carefully place second layer on top, with top side up, spread frosting over entire cake. Add more cream to frosting if frosting is too stiff.