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Chocolate Friday

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Over a month ago, I was in despair after Black Friday and the realization that I wouldn’t be able to bake for quite awhile.

How the times have changed!

Our new oven is a blessing and we are looking forward to putting it through its paces this coming Thanksgiving weekend. I have many wonderful things planned for this oven. Many sweet surprises, all of which I will share with you of course … but not right now.

You’re just going to have to be patient!

Dscn3344_1 In the meantime, I’m sending all of you a piece of this incredible Sour Cream Chocolate Pound Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze and White Chocolate Drizzle. My chocolate pound cake is based on a recipe from the Cream Puffs in Venice Flavour of the Month for October 2006:  The Cake Book by Tish Boyle.

Cream Puff sends everyone a big hug and wishes for a wonderful Autumn weekend!

Ciao!

Sour Cream Chocolate Pound Cake with Dark Chocolate Glaze and White Chocolate Drizzle

Adapted from The Cake Book by Tish Boyle.

For the cake:

  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup cake flour
  • 1 cup cocoa powder plus 2 tbsp. cocoa powder
  • 2-1/4 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1-1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 2-1/4 cups sugar
  • 4 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon almond extract
  • 1 cup sour cream or plain yogurt
  1. Dscn3342_1Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place a rack in the centre of the oven. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube ban.
  2. On medium speed, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (4 to 5 minutes). Add your eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  3. Mix together the vanilla and sour cream.
  4. Combine your dry ingredients. Add them to the butter and sugar in three additions, alternating with the sour cream mixture. Start and end with the flour mixture.
  5. Pour your batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes. Test the cake with a cake tester or a toothpick to ensure that it’s cooked in the centre.
  6. Cool the cake for 15 to 20 minute and then unmold.
  7. Let it cool completely before glazing.

For the Dark Chocolate Glaze:

  • 3 ounces dark chocolate (I used a Lindt chocolate with 65% cocoa solids — use your favourite chocolate)
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  1. Finely chop your chocolate.
  2. Boil the cream and immediately pour it over the chocolate.
  3. Let sit for 2 or 3 minutes and then stir until the glaze is smooth.
  4. Place the glaze in a bowl and let sit for a few minutes to set a bit. Cover the surface with plastic wrap to prevent a skin from forming.
  5. When you’re ready to glaze the cake, place your cake on a wire rack with a lined tray beneath or place your cake directly on some waxed paper to or aluminum foil to avoid making a mess.
  6. Pour the glaze over the cake and allow it to drip down the sides.
  7. Let the glaze set completely.

For the white chocolate drizzle:

  • 1 small bar of white chocolate (I used Lindt)
  1. Melt your white chocolate in a double boiler.
  2. Once it’s melted, stir to ensure that it’s smooth.
  3. With a squeeze bottle, pastry bag or with a fork, drizzle the chocolate over the glazed cake in a decorative pattern.
  4. Let set completely before serving.
  5. Enjoy!

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41 Comments


10/6/06 at 9:11 pm

I AM DROOLING JUST LOOKING AT THE FABULOUS PHOTOS!!! YUMMMMMMM!!!


10/6/06 at 9:46 pm

Oh, wow!

Paz


10/6/06 at 10:08 pm

Oh my goodness…….how do you do this? Thanks for the piece of cake!


10/6/06 at 10:12 pm

Okay, so perhaps October wasn’t the best month for me to decide to cut back a bit in an attempt to drop a few pounds. This looks positively sinful. I suspect it’s going to make an appearance on our open house menu in November…


10/6/06 at 10:44 pm

This is so unfair. I will have to file it under, after diet. Looks amazing.


10/6/06 at 10:50 pm

Looks delicious! It looks like you’re making up for lost baking time in the best way possible - chocolate!


10/7/06 at 7:13 am

What is your Thanksgiving menu? I remember the first Canadian Thanksgiving feast I attended with my Montreal-born husband. The food was all brown! Turkey, potatoes, stuffing, gravy. No salad, no green veggies. No cranberry sauce! Since then, we’ve always been the ones to offer to bring a vegetable dish….. Enjoy your new stove!


10/7/06 at 7:16 am

Absolutely gorgeous, Ivonne!


10/7/06 at 8:03 am

Wonderful as usual ! Most of all, i like so much chocolate ! Thanks !


10/7/06 at 8:51 am

I have to figure out how I can make this stuff and still go to weight watchers every week with my head held high.


10/7/06 at 9:17 am

wow! what a stunning little cake. :o) I’ll be making this soon. :D


10/7/06 at 9:37 am

So happy you have your oven back! I don’t think you missed a stride without it though.
This cake actually made me swoon, is that possible?


10/7/06 at 11:08 am

Cocolate - my favaourite. Have a good weekend yourself.


10/7/06 at 11:51 am

that is so pretty! ooh a new appliance is so exciting. i’m still swooning over a new fridge we got this summer. cant wait to see all your creations!


10/7/06 at 2:34 pm

Allora a tutto motore col forno nuovo!!! Aspetto con ansia di vedere le tue creazioni per il thanksgiving, è una festa che mi piace molto, piena di tradizioni! (ti scriverò le mie avventure in Québec appena mi organizzo un po’). Tanti baci con affetto


10/7/06 at 3:50 pm

Ivonne this is so beautiful. I can feel the joy screaming out of every beautiful moist crumb-


10/7/06 at 5:28 pm

Congrats on getting the new (working) oven, can’t wait to see what new goodies you’ll create with it!

As for the cake - two words, sinfully delicious!


10/7/06 at 5:50 pm

Waou, a amazing chocolate cake ! It’s really gorgeous …


10/7/06 at 7:41 pm

Beautiful Work Ivonne!


10/8/06 at 12:57 am

oh this looks and sounds oh so very decadent!


10/8/06 at 1:39 am

oh my … so decadent! I’m a sucker for chocolate ..this looks fabulous! thanks again for sharing the recipe!


10/8/06 at 7:19 am

Holy comoly could that look any more chocolatey? *swoon* Oh I can’t wait until the post that will come after your Thanksgiving feast!! I hold Thanksgiving here at my house and would love nothing more than sharing with my family and friends a “Cream Puff” recipe. :D


10/8/06 at 8:17 am

wow…i wonder if i could make that cakeinstead of turkey today…would anyone really notice/care? they’d probably be elated to get super choc cake instead of a bird! it looks beee-u-tiful! ps. got any vacancies at your office? I’d love to contribute to those potlucks. pps. those bread creations look fantastic! (roll-in fat? eeeek!) ppps. Happy Thanksgiving!


10/8/06 at 10:12 am

I see you’ve wasted no time getting that new oven fired up to bake tasty treats!
Ivonne could you please send me info on Bread Day?

Thanks…

Bruno


10/8/06 at 1:54 pm

Darling. I love you. Chocolate kisses, k


10/8/06 at 2:03 pm

Oh mamma mia, I’m having a chocolate meltdown..
Too good to be true, breakfast, lunch ánd dinner on a plate! Yes please, with some cream..


10/8/06 at 6:17 pm

I think I need to get this book.


10/8/06 at 8:21 pm

Yummm, Puff, that looks so good. Did you say what kind of oven you got? I’m researching/investigating ovens so any info is greatly appreciated.


10/8/06 at 10:13 pm

omg! that looks sinfully delicious!


10/8/06 at 11:26 pm

Thank you for another lovely recipe … I am not a real chocolate cake fan but everyone else in my family is. The addition of sour cream and almond flavoring may make this cake very much more interesting than most.


10/9/06 at 5:49 am

che torta Ivonne! tutta cioccolatosissima MEGASLURP;P


10/9/06 at 1:39 pm

OOh looks lovely, I’ve bookmarked it, maybe this weekend?

e

10/9/06 at 8:23 pm

oh my gosh, this looks brilliant! i must make this. i haven’t made a chocolate cake for months after a bad experience with something called an amazon cake, which did not taste of chocolate at all (nice texture, no taste!!). i have also seriously neglected my bundt tin, so you have inspired me! i must share with you this, though — i get my eggs from mum, free, so i don’t complain because they are free range and organic and happy chookies, and the eggs therefore are amazing. but she’s giving me the pullet eggs at the moment and keeping the bigger ones for herself and her neighbours. so your recipe for 4 large eggs makes me smile — i’ll probably just break an extra one or two into the bowl!

e

10/9/06 at 8:29 pm

oooh hang on, acn someone tell me what cake flour is? has it got raising agents in it? all purpose flour in australia is “plain flour” so is cake flour “self raising flour” ???


10/9/06 at 11:18 pm

Oh, goodie. The photo looks really really delicious. I am goin to try the recipe you have given. Thanks.


10/10/06 at 5:28 am

this looks incredibly good! i will have to try it–i owe one of our caving instructors a cake… yum!


10/10/06 at 9:08 am

You can’t go wrong with chocolate cake! I love how sour cream makes it moist. When I was a kid, my mom made a chocolate cake with mayonnaise in it, and she tried to hide the mayonnaise from me for fear I wouldn’t eat the cake. When I learned that it contained something like a cup of mayo, I was grossed out, but the cake was so deliciously moist, I could not have cared less!


10/10/06 at 12:39 pm

Gorgeous, gorgeous, beautiful !


10/22/06 at 8:48 pm

Oh. My. Gosh. This looks AMAZING! I bet it tastes WONDERFUL. Thanks for sharing!


11/6/06 at 4:56 pm

Hi everyone,

Sometimes only chocolate will do! Enjoy the cake!

Laura

01/28/09 at 12:51 pm

I came online looking for a very chocolatey cake recipe for my daughter’s 10th birthday. And I found this one. She wants cherries, too–so I’m going to try putting a tunnel of cherry pie filling in the middle. And adding whipped cream too on the plates. This might just be too much delectable goodness for one dessert, we’ll have to see!

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