Sour Cream Crunch Cake Posted by kdipaolo 6/14/01 9:12:49 pm Cake 12 (1.06 ounce) Nestle Crunch bars 3/4 cup hot water 2 tablespoons butter, softened 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar 4 eggs, separated 1 cup sour cream 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 2 1/2 cups cake flour, sifted 2 teaspoons baking soda 3 tablespoons water Pinch salt Nestle Crunch Bar Frosting 30 (1.06 ounce) Nestle Crunch bars 1 1/2 cups sour cream 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Cake Break up candy bars and melt in hot water on top of double boiler; cool. Cream butter and sugar well. Beat in egg yolks beating well, then add sour cream and beat well. Blend in cooled candy bar-water mix and vanilla extract. Stir in flour ( do not beat!) until blended, then add baking soda which has been dissolved in 3 tablespoons water. Gently fold in egg whites which have been stiffly beaten with the salt. Bake in 2 lightly buttered and floured 9-inch round layer pans in preheated 350 degrees F oven for 25-35 minutes. Cool in pans on rack for 10 minutes. Turn out and finish cooling on racks. Nestle Crunch Bar Frosting Melt broken up candy bars in top of double boiler; stir in sour cream. Remove from heat; add vanilla extract and beat until cool and creamy. Frost thickly between layers, on sides and top of cooled cake.