Wedding Cake Shopping List

Ingredients

• 226 g (8 oz) bittersweet chocolate

• 85 g unsweetened baking chocolate

  • only get about 40-50 g of chocolate dust from a 113 g bar, so buy 2-3 bars.

• 305 g all-purpose flour

• 50 g (1/4 cup) sugar

• 383 g brown sugar

• 480 g (4 cups) powdered sugar

• 95 g (1/2 cup) shortening

• 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract

• 2 tsp baking soda

• 1 tsp salt

• 7 large eggs

• 227 g (1 cup) sour cream (full fat)

• 1 pint (2 cups) heavy whipping cream

• 1 stick unsalted butter

• 1 stick salted butter

Notes

• The above ingredient quantities are enough for a two-tier cake (6", 8"). To make a 6" cake (i.e. personal-size), halve the recipes. To make the full 3-tier cake (6", 8", 10"), double the recipes.