Recipe: Chocolate Pound Cake (Treasure Chest)

Chrystal ~

You might make your pirate birday cake to resemble a treasure chest.

Below is a chocolate pound cake recipe previously posted on TKL.

I would make this cake and then freeze it so it is easier to handle. Hopefully the top will crown a bit like a treasure chest might be.

When ready to frost, slice off a piece of the top and insert some plastic favors inside the "treasure chest." Plastic jewelry or choc coins would be fun. You could use a mellon ball scoop to remove some of the inside cake if needed. Replace the top piece of the cake and frost with chocolate frosting. Decorate and accent using black string licorace and maybe jeweled candies.

The treasure inside the cake will not be seen until the cake is actually cut.

Have fun.
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Double Chocolate Pound Cake
Posted: March 28th 2001
Chat Room Recipe Swap - 2001-03-12 - 27
Posted originally by: Nancy,.SanFran

Double Chocolate Pound Cake
Recipe By : Great American Recipes

1/2 cup Butter or margarine -- room temperature
3/4 cup Brown sugar
3/4 cup Granulated sugar
4 Squares Unsweetened Chocolate -- (4 oz.) melted
4 Eggs
2 1/2 cups Cake flour
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1 cup Buttermilk
2 teaspoons Vanilla
1 cup Chocolate chips -- coated in
2 tablespoons All-purpose flour
Fresh sliced strawberries -- for garnish

This cake is so rich and moist and it keeps well for
some time in a well covered cake tin or wrapped in
plastic in the refrigerator.

Preparation time: 20 min.
Baking time: about 50 min.
Oven temperature: 350 degrees F.

1. Cream butter with sugars until smooth and well
blended.

2. Add chocolate and eggs, one at a time. Beat until
fluffy.

3. Mix flour and baking soda. Add to creamed mixture.

4. Blend in buttermilk and vanilla, stir until smooth.
Add chocolate chips.

5. Turn batter into a well-greased and floured 10-inch
tube baking pan.

6. Bake at 350 degrees F. for 40 to 50 minutes or until
a cake tester comes out clean.

7. Let cake cool in pan for a couple of minutes.

8. Turn cake out of pan onto a wire rack. Cool
completely.

9. Garnish with fresh sliced strawberries or other
berries.

10. Serve with a dollop of whipping cream.