This document provides a recipe for chocolate cake and frosting. It lists the ingredients needed which include brown sugar, butter, eggs, flour, cocoa, baking soda, salt, sour cream and water. The directions explain how to cream the butter and sugar, add the remaining wet ingredients, and then alternate adding the dry ingredients and sour cream. The batter is then poured into greased pans and baked. The frosting recipe melts butter and chocolate before mixing in confectioners' sugar, sour cream and vanilla. The frosting is then used to frost the cooled cake layers.

1. Chocolate Cake 
Ingredients
3 cups packed brown sugar
1 cup butter or margarine, softened
4 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 tablespoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/3 cups sour cream
1 1/3 cups boiling water
FROSTING:
1/2 cup butter or margarine
3 (1 ounce) squares unsweetened chocolate
3 (1 ounce) squares semisweet chocolate
5 cups confectioners' sugar
1 cup sour cream
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Directions
In a mixing bowl, cream brown sugar and butter. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
Blend in vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; add alternately
with sour cream to creamed mixture. Mix on low just until combined. Stir in
water until blended. Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking
pans. Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes. Cool in pans 10 minutes;
remove to wire racks to cool completely. For frosting, in a medium saucepan,
melt butter and chocolate over low heat. Cool several minutes. In a mixing
bowl, combine sugar, sour cream and vanilla. Add chocolate mixture and
beat until smooth. Frost cooled cake.