Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, glazed pound chocolate cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
It won't, but you could bake in a larger pan if you'd rather - just keep an eye on. This is my Grandmother's from scratch Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze recipe! Its just a good old fashioned chocolate pound cake recipe from my Grandmama that is sublime on its own, but when you add Grandmama's fudge icing, it becomes a favorite to all.
To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook glazed pound chocolate cake using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake:
- Make ready 1/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
- Take 1/2 cup Almond Meal
- Prepare *Note: Flour & Almond Meal weigh 125g in total
- Get 1 tablespoon Cocoa Powder *optional, depending on Dark Chocolate’s cocoa content
- Take 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
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Prepare 3 Egg Yolks
- Prepare 3 Egg Whites *Note: Eggs should be at room temperature
- Take Icing
- Prepare 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
- Get 2 teaspoons Milk
While this cake doesn't really need a frosting, I couldn't resist pouring a shiny chocolate glaze over the top. 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.
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. Make it thin to drizzle over a dessert or thicken it with extra powdered sugar for a more substantial coating. 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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