Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, glazed pound chocolate cake. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
It won't, but you could bake in a larger pan if you'd rather - just keep an eye on. This Chocolate Pound Cake is rich and buttery with a mild chocolate flavor. It has a fine crumb and a dense texture.
Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have glazed pound chocolate cake using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake:
- Take 1/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
- Take 1/2 cup Almond Meal
- Get *Note: Flour & Almond Meal weigh 125g in total
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Cocoa Powder *optional, depending on Dark Chocolate’s cocoa content
- Make ready 125 g Butter *cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature
- Get 125 g (2 x 1/4 cup) Caster Sugar
- Prepare 125 g Dark Chocolate *melted
- Take 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Get 3 Egg Yolks
- Get 3 Egg Whites *Note: Eggs should be at room temperature
- Take Icing
- Get 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
- Take 2 teaspoons Milk
I have received a lot of requests for recipes in the past, but Grandmama's Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze is the one cake that I am asked to make most often. Bust out the recipe for our luscious glazed chocolate pound cake then get in the kitchen. The moist, deep chocolate flavor will give 'em all something to talk about! The presentation is just as important as how good it tastes.
Instructions 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.
This simple chocolate glaze does harden up slightly so it is perfect for making chocolate glazed donuts or for dipping eclairs. You can also drizzle it over pound cake or bundt cake! This is pound cake the way pound cake was meant to be. And our great-grandmas knew what they were doing. I'm sure there's some way to add even more butter to this recipe.
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