Sour Cream Cake with Grape Sauce!!!
Ingredients
For the Cake:
3 cups flour – sifted
1 ½ cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 ½ cups sour cream
Grape Sauce:
2 cups red grapes
2 star of anise
Dashes of ground cloves
Dashes of cinnamon
Dashes of nutmeg
1 ½ cups sugar
¼ cup wine
¼ cup water
Juice of ½ an orange
Preparation
1
For the Cake:
2
Preheat Oven 350 degrees:
3
Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and set aside.
4
In the bowl of an electric mixer combine the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla; mix until light and fluffy.
5
At a low speed, beat in flour mixture alternately with the sour cream. Mix this until smooth.
6
Place batter into a buttered and flour dusted baking pan. Bake 45-50 minutes or until toothpick test comes out clean.
7
Grape Sauce:
8
Place all of the above ingredients in a sauce pan and simmer on low until the sauce slightly thickens.
9
Cool sauce down and drizzle over cake.
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About
This is a light and fluffy cake and perfect served with fresh whip cream and the grape sauce.
With Love,
Catherine
xo
Added:
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 10:42am
