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Here are 2 recipes, one probably older, one not so old (from Williams Sonoma Chocolate - Kitchen Library). There is also a website - www.cakerecipe.com, punch in chocolate pound cake in the search space - there are 4 more there.
This recipe is the older one, from Mystic Seaport's Movable Feasts
Chocolate Pound Cake
5 sq. unsweetened chocolate 1 1/3 C water 2 C flour 2 C sugar 1 tsp salt 1/2 C (1 stick) butter 3 eggs 1 tsp aromatic bitters 1 tsp vanilla 2 tsp baking powder
In a small saucepan, combine chocolate & water. heat, stirring constantly until chocolate melts; cool until lukewarm. Sift flour, sugar & salt into a large mixing bowl. Cut in butter with a pastry blender to make a crumbly mixture. Add cooled chocolate mixture. Beat at medium speed for 5 min. chill batter in bowl 1 hr.
Preheat oven to 300 deg. F.
Return bowl to mixer. Beat at medium speed 1 min. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 min. after each addition. Add aromatic bitters & vanilla & beat 2 min. Add baking powder & beat 2 min more.
Pour batter into a greased 8 Cup Bundt pan (or a 9 x 5 x 3 in. loaf pan) which has been lightly dusted with dry cocoa. Bake in oven for 1 3/4 hrs or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool pan on wire rack for 10 min.; loosen around edges with a knife. Turn cake out of pan on a wire rack & cool completely.
Chocolate Glaze
1-4 oz. pkg sweet chocolate 1 T butter 3 T water 1 C confectioners sugar dash of salt 1 tsp vanilla
Break chocolate pieces into a medium saucepan. Heat w/butter & water, stirring constantly, until chocolate melts. Remove from heat; beat in sugar & salt until smooth; stir in vanilla. Let cool 5 min., stirring to keep glaze from hardening, Pour on cooled chocolate pound cake. Sprinkle w/nuts (I suppose they would be optional) Serves 10 -12
(The glaze hardens on this dense cake, which makes it easy to cut, wrap & travel)
Chocolate Pound Cake (Williams Sonoma)
6-oz. (1 1/4 C) unsweetened chocolate, chopped 1 lb unsalted butter, at room temperature 1 C sugar 6 extra large eggs, at room temperature 2 tsp vanilla extract 2 C all purpose flour, sifted before measuring 1 C heavy cream, whipped
Position a rack in the middle of an oven & preheat the oven to 350 deg. F. Butter & flour a 9-in springform or tube pan.
Place the chocolate in a small heatproof bowl or the the top pan of a double boiler. Set over a pan of gently simmering water but not touching the water. Stir until melted & smooth. Remove from the heat & let cool.
Place the butter & sugar in a large bowl. Using an electric mixer set on high speed, beat until light & fluffy, about 5 min. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla extract. Reduce the speed to low & beat in the cooked chocolate. Using rubber spatulam fold in the sifted flour, mixing only until no traces of flour are visible. Pour & scrape the batter into the prepared pan & smooth the top.
Bake until the edges just start to pull away from the sides of the pan. To remove from the springform pan, release & remove the sides, invert the rack together & lift off the pan bottom. If you are using a tube pan, invert the rack on the the cake, then invert the cake & the rack together & lift off the pan. Top each serving with a dab of the whipped cream. Serves 12
I hope one of these is what she was looking for, if not try the other website. Let us know how they worked out. (Personally, my vote is for the first recipe, although I haven't tried it)
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