Ingredients:
Chocolate Pound Cake
- 1 1/2 c butter, softenend
- 3 c white sugar
- 5 eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tsp instant coffee granules dissolved in 1/4 c hot water
- 1 c milk
- 1 tbsp white vinegar
- 2 c all-purpose flour
- 3/4 c unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 9 oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 c heavy cream
- 1 tbsp dark rum (optional but so worth it!)
- Make the pound cake: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch bundt pan. Mix flour, cocoa, baking poder and salt together; set aside.
- In a large bowl (I use my Kitchen Aid, cream together butter and sugar, until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
- Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the dissolved coffee, milk and vinegar.
- Pour better into prepared pan.
- Bake for 65 to 70 minutes (mine took 70 minutes), until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool in the pan for 20 minutes.
- Turn out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Sprinkle with powdered sugar or pour ganache over (recipe follows).
- Make the chocolate ganache: Place chocolate in a medium bowl.
- Heat cream over medium heat in a small sauce pan. Bring it to just a boil, watching very carefully because if it boils for a few seconds, it will boil over.
- Pour cream over chopped chocolate, whisk until smooth. Stir in rum, if desired.
- Allow ganache to cool slightly before pouring over the cake.
- Start at the center of the cake and move outward.
- For a fluffy frosting or chocolate filling: Allow it to coll until thick. Then whip with a whisk until it becomes light and fluffy.
Oh wow, that looks so decadent, naughty, and chocolatey; three of my favorite adjectives!
ReplyDeleteI make all my chocolate recipes with a lil coffee, really brings out the chocolate flavor, though, beware when serving to children. My one year-old didn't sleep for days after I baked a Crack Chocolate cake made with a cup of coffee! Oops!
Sommer, it really does bring out the flavor! I made the mistake of having a piece of it last night and I am very sensitive to caffeine! At least it gave me the "motivation" to watch the entire 16 innings of the Phillies game last night lol
ReplyDeleteOkay, this looks like heaven. I like the little bit of coffee and rum in it. I will have to give this recipe a try.
ReplyDeleteLooks delicious! I like your blog page! Keep cooking!
ReplyDeleteLovely!All ur recipes r well presented!
ReplyDeleteKristin, the rum is what makes this ganache IMHO. Lani, thank you so much! I'm a regular visitor to your blog :) Prats Corner, Thanks! I visited your blog and see some recipes I'd like to try :)
ReplyDeleteeverytime I see a bundt cake I think of my big fat greek wedding, where the ladies couldn't figure out why there was a hole in the cake.....yours does look delicious, especially with the extra chocolate topping!
ReplyDeleteChef Dennis, lol! It's funny you say that because as I was writing the post, I was envisioning the mother trying to say "bundt" while shaking and pointing her fingers to her teeth to help accentuate the word. SO FUNNY!
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