Summer of Desserts
This summer I thought to spend the summer learn and trying to bake various cakes. Well this cake in my option was not a "pictureques" but I assure you that it's very pleasing to taste buds (Family and Friends Approved). The technique the book gives for swirling is a big flop! So I'm going to share a different way to get those marble swirls...which didn't happen with this cake. Hey this is what is it's all about trying and learning. Now for The Cake:
#2 Black and White Pound Cake
Ingrediants
4 1-ounce squares semisweet chocolate
3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 cups (4 sticks) butter, at room temperature
3 1/2 cups superfine sugar ( I had split to 3 cups of sugar and 1/2 cups of brown sugar)
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
10 eggs, at room temperature
confections' sugar, for dusting (I did add any that just a personal thing)
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Lightly butter and sugar a bundt pan or 2 8x4-inch loaf pans.
1. Melt the chocolate* in the top of the a double boiler, or in a heatproof bowl set over a sauce of hot water. Stir occasionally. Set aside. *Chocholate Melting Tip: when chocolate starts to melt, which mean there still lumps, remove from top stove and continue to stir because the heat of the boiled water will continue and you don't want burnt chocolate. . .that can happen very easily
2. In a bowl, shift together the flour and baking powder. In another bowl, cream the butter, sugar, vanilla with a an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, 2 at a time, the gradually incorporate the flour mixture on low speed.
3.Spoon half of the batter into the prepared pan.
4. Stir the chocolate into the remaining batter, then spoon dropsinto the pan. With a butter knife or metal spatula, swirl the two batters for a marbled effect. * Oh, don't swirl so much that you are mixing the batter.
5. Bake until a cake tester inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour 45 minutes . Cover with foil halfway through baking.
-Cool cake for 15 minutes in pan on rack.
-Remove from pan and cool completely on rack.
-Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar
Next feature will be Carrot Cake...because this cake only lasted 2 days in the house. Am telling this are desserts are wounderful. YES, this week I've gone through three cakes already.
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