Double Chocolate Pound Cake
Maria
ingredients
- Cake:
- 3 cups all purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 3 tsp. baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 1/4 cup low fat milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 5 eggs
- Chocolate Glaze:
- 2 squares (1oz. each) unsweetened chocolate
- 3 tbsp. butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 3/4 tsp. vanilla
- 2 tbsp. hot water
directions
- 1
Combine dry ingredients in mixer bowl. add butter, milk and vanilla. Attach bowl and flat beater to mixer. Turn to stir speed and mix about 1 minute. Stop and scrape bowl. Turn to speed 6 and beat about 2 minutes. Stop and scrape bowl.
- 2
Turn to speed 2 and add eggs, one at a time, mixing about 15 seconds after each addition. Turn to speed 4 and beat about 30 seconds.
- 3
Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 325° for 1 hour 20 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack. Remove cake from pan and drizzle with chocolate glaze.
- 4
For glaze:
- 5
Melt chocolate and butter in small saucepan over low heat. Remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar and vanilla. Stir in water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is of desired consistency.
Source: Maria
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