Hey everyone, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, glazed pound chocolate cake. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is one of the most well liked of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look fantastic. Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
This Chocolate Pound Cake is rich and buttery with a mild chocolate flavor. It has a fine crumb and a dense texture. While this cake doesn't really need a frosting, I couldn't resist pouring a shiny chocolate glaze over the top. Use this delicious chocolate glaze on a wide range of desserts, including brownies, chocolate, cake, slices of pound cake, plain butter cookies, bars, or doughnuts.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook glazed pound chocolate cake using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake:
- Prepare 1/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup Almond Meal
- Make ready *Note: Flour & Almond Meal weigh 125g in total
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Cocoa Powder *optional, depending on Dark Chocolate’s cocoa content
- Take 125 g Butter *cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature
- Take 125 g (2 x 1/4 cup) Caster Sugar
- Make ready 125 g Dark Chocolate *melted
- Take 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Prepare 3 Egg Yolks
- Get 3 Egg Whites *Note: Eggs should be at room temperature
- Make ready Icing
- Prepare 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
- Make ready 2 teaspoons Milk
Recipe courtesy Food Network Magazine's cookbook: Great Easy Meals. Our chocolate pound cake is a real stunner. Great to use over Bundt cake because it sets up nicely. The extra sauce may be refrigerated and reheated to serve over ice cream or your favorite dessert.
Steps to make Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake:
- Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease a loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking paper.
- Combine Self-Raising Flour, Almond Meal and Cocoa Powder in a bowl and set aside.
- Beat the softened Butter in a mixing bowl with a whisk until smooth. Add 1/4 cup Sugar and beat until creamy. Add Egg Yolks and mix well. Add melted Chocolate and mix well.
- Beat Egg Whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup Caster Sugar and beat until combined well and glossy.
- Add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and mix well. Then gently fold in the Egg Whites mixture. DO NOT over-mix it.
- Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 40 minutes or until cooked through. Stand the cake in the tin for 5 minutes as it is quite soft, then turn onto a wire rack to cool.
- To make the icing, combine Icing Sugar and Milk in a bowl and mix well until smooth. If you need to make it softer, add extra Milk, but only a small mount at a time. Spread the icing over the cooled Chocolate Cake.
Great to use over Bundt cake because it sets up nicely. The extra sauce may be refrigerated and reheated to serve over ice cream or your favorite dessert. I came up with this once when I didn't have any confectioner's sugar to make a glaze for a Bundt cake. Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudgy Glaze. Dinner guests will be wowed when this chocolate pound cake appears at the end of the meal. (You don't have to tell them how easy it was to make!) Spoon Chocolate Glaze over the top of the cake, allowing it to drizzle down the sides of the cake.
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