Bittersweet Chocolate Pound Cake
From ambauer 16 years ago
- 60 minutes to make
- Serves 12
This recipe is adapted from "the Bake Sale cookbook." Since I can't make anything without fussing with it, I've changed it a bit and made it even tastier.
Ingredients
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- 2 cups plus 2 tbsp cake flour (if you use AP flour, use a scant 2 cups and sift) shopping list
- 1 tsp baking soda shopping list
- 1 tsp baking powder shopping list
- 2 tbsp cocoa shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups water shopping list
- 2 tbsp freeze dried coffee (I use instant espresso) shopping list
- 6 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped fine shopping list
- 2 cups granulated sugar shopping list
- 1 cup butter, softened shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla extract shopping list
- 3 eggs shopping list
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- 2 oz unsweetened chocolate shopping list
- 3 tbsp butter shopping list
- 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted shopping list
- 2 to 3 tbsp water shopping list
- 1 tsp vanilla extract shopping list
- 1 tbsp instant espresso or coffee shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and cocoa in small bowl (I like to sift these ingredients together for a slightly better texture, but it's not necessary).
- Boil water and add coffee and chopped chocolate. Stir (or whisk) until smooth.
- Cream butter, sugar and vanilla until just lightened in color. Add eggs, one at a time and mix on high speed 5 minutes.
- Alternate adding flour and chocolate mixture to butter mixture until all are just combined (as with any cake, don't over mix).
- Pour mixture into a well greased bundt pan (I use baker's joy, it's the best, especially for intricate bundt pans).
- Bake at 325 for 50 to 60 minutes or until a skewer inserted near the center comes out clean (usually takes close to the whole 60 minutes for me).
- Cool in pan 30 minutes. Do not cut this short or your cake will split.
- Cool on wire rack completely.
- For Glaze: Melt butter and 2 oz chocolate in a small sauce pan (on low heat) or microwave safe bowl, stirring until smooth. Mix in powdered sugar, vanilla, coffee granules, and water until you reach the desired consistency.
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Reviewed by 5 people-
Thanks for a wonderfull posting..I liked the coffe addition in the glaze.
ahmed1
in Cairo loved it
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Mmmmmm..... Delicious. Dark and moist!
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in Myrtle Beach loved it
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Beautiful cake! Love chocolate pound cake!
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