Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, glazed pound chocolate cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook glazed pound chocolate cake using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake:
- Get 1/3 cup Self-Raising Flour
- Make ready 1/2 cup Almond Meal
- Make ready *Note: Flour & Almond Meal weigh 125g in total
- Take 1 tablespoon Cocoa Powder *optional, depending on Dark Chocolate’s cocoa content
- Take 125 g Butter *cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature
- Make ready 125 g (2 x 1/4 cup) Caster Sugar
- Make ready 125 g Dark Chocolate *melted
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Make ready 3 Egg Yolks
- Take 3 Egg Whites *Note: Eggs should be at room temperature
- Make ready Icing
- Prepare 1/2 cup Icing Sugar
- Prepare 2 teaspoons Milk
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.
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