Chocolate Chip Cake With Chocolate Frosting

Total Time: 4 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups mini chocolate chips
• 2 cups butter, at room temperature
• 1 2/3 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup milk
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• additional mini chocolate chip (optional)
• 60 hershey chocolate kisses, unwrapped (hershey's kisses and hugs)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 butter and flour 2 (9 inch) round cake pans.
• 3 mix 2 1/4 cups flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
• 4 toss 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips with remaining 2 t flour; reserve.
• 5 in bowl on medium-high speed, beat 1 cup butter and sugar until fluffy, 2 minutes.
• 6 beat in eggs, one at a time.
• 7 beat in sour cream and vanilla until combined.
• 8 alternately beat in flour mixture with milk.
• 9 stir in reserved flour-chocolate chips mixture.
• 10 divide evenly between pans.
• 11 bake 35 minutes or until toothpick inserted into centers comes out clean.
• 12 cool 10 minutes.
• 13 transfer from pans to racks.
• 14 cool completely.
• 15 meanwhile, in microwave-safe bowl, microwave remaining 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips on high, stirring often, until melted, about 1 minute.
• 16 stir until smooth.
• 17 cool to room temperature, 10 minutes.
• 18 on medium, beat remaining 1 cup butter until fluffy; beat in melted chocolate, then gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, until fluffy.
• 19 place one cake layer on serving plate; spread with 1 cup frosting.
• 20 top with remaining cake layer.
• 21 spread cake top and side with remaining frosting.
• 22 if desired, press additional chocolate chips along bottom edge of cake.
• 23 cover top with kisses and hugs candies.