Chocolate Espresso Pound Cake Food

ESPRESSO CHIP POUNDCAKE

Steps:

• Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar together. Start on a slow speed until blended, then turn it up to the highest speed until it is light and fluffy. Add the eggs and vanilla to the mixture and mix on medium speed until the eggs are fully broken up and combined. Do not over mix this part. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together, add to the mixture and mix until combined. Add the sour cream and buttermilk and mix until combined. Add the espresso, and mix until it is combined. If you are using hot espresso shots, then pour them slowly into the mixture so that it does not begin to cook the eggs. Add the chocolate chips and mix them until combined.
• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F. Grease and flour a bundt cake pan.
• Scoop the cake mixture into the prepared pan. Place the cake on a cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours, or until an inserted knife comes clean from the cake. Placing the cake on a cookie sheet is just a suggestion to keep your oven clean, in case the cake mixture spills over the sides of the pan.
• Let the cake cool, then remove it from the pan upside down. Garnish it with powdered sugar.

DOUBLE CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• In a double boiler or metal bowl over hot water, melt milk chocolate in espresso; stir until smooth. Remove from the heat., In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips and melted chocolate mixture., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 80-90 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt; frost cake.

CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Place a rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour the bundt pan.
• Sift the flour, cocoa, and salt into a medium bowl. Whisk the eggs, yolks, vanilla, and espresso powder together in a bowl and set aside.
• In a heavy-duty mixer, beat the butter with the paddle attachment, on medium speed for 1 minute, or until smooth. Gradually pour in the sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, until the butter begins to lighten, about 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides of the bowl with a rubber spatula and beat, on medium-high, until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes more.
• Adjust the mixer's speed to its lowest setting. Add 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix until completely absorbed before adding the rest. Scrape down the sides of the mixer then beat on medium-high for 30 seconds more.
• Adjust again to low speed and add half the egg mixture, mix until blended and smooth. Add the remaining egg mixture and beat until almost blended. Remove the bowl from the mixer, and fold in the chocolate by hand. Take care not to over mix the batter.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a spatula. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Cool the cake in the pan, on a rack for 10 minutes. Turn the cake out of the pan, and cool right side up on a rack. If not serving the same day, wrap in plastic wrap and store at room temperature. Glaze just before serving. Cake can be frozen for 1 month.
• For the glaze: Put all the ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl or glass measuring cup. Melt at 50 percent power in the microwave until soft, about 1 minute. Stir, and continue heat until completely melted, about 1 minute more. Remove from the microwave and whisk until fully combined, smooth and glossy. While warm, pour glaze over cooled cake and do not spread. Serve as desired.

HORTENSIA'S BEST-EVER CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Brush a 10-inch Bundt pan with the room-temperature (but still firm) unsalted butter. Pour 1/2 cup sugar into the pan, swirling the sugar in the pan so that the chimney and sides are covered well. Turn the pan upside down to remove any excess sugar and set aside.
• Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
• Into the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle, cream the butter on medium speed. Add the sugar and beat until the mixture is light and fluffy. Scrape down the bowl with a rubber spatula. Beating at medium speed, add the eggs, one by one, beating only until they are well blended.
• Beating on low speed, add a third of the flour mixture and a third of the buttermilk. Do this twice more with the remaining dry ingredients and buttermilk, scraping the bowl with a rubber spatula in between. Finally, beat the batter on medium speed for 30 seconds, until it is smooth.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the cake for 50 to 60 minutes, until the top feels springy and a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack for about 20 minutes. Then turn it out onto the wire rack to finish cooling.
• To finish, dust the cake with cocoa or confectioners' sugar.

ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• For the cake: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter and flour three 8-inch round cake pans, then line with parchment paper and butter the parchment. Set aside.
• Using an electric mixer, beat together the brown sugar and butter in a mixing bowl. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition, then beat on high speed until light and fluffy.
• In a small bowl, combine the instant espresso with just enough water to make a paste (approximately 1/4 cup); stir until the espresso has dissolved. Combine the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt in a large bowl.
• Turn the mixer to low speed and add the flour mixture in parts, alternating with the sour cream. Mix in the dissolved espresso. Stir in 1 cup boiling water until just blended. Divide the batter among the prepared pans and bake until a tester inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Let the cakes cool in the pans for 15 minutes, then turn them out onto racks and allow to cool completely.
• For the vanilla buttercream: Beat the butter and shortening with an electric mixer until fluffy, then slowly add the vanilla. Add in the confectioners' sugar 1 cup at a time, then turn the mixer to medium-high speed and beat for 5 minutes more.
• To assemble: Level off the top of each cake layer with a serrated knife. Smear about 1 tablespoon buttercream on a cake plate to help secure the cake, then top with one of the cake layers. Add approximately 1 cup buttercream and spread it evenly around the top. Add a second cake layer and another cup of buttercream, again spreading all around to cover the top of the cake. Add the final cake layer. Working with small amounts of buttercream, cover the sides and top of the cake. Add interesting patterns with buttercream combs, or texture the outer part with a spatula. Serve immediately or cover to keep fresh.

CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350. Grease a medium sized loaf pan, 8 1/2 x 4 1/2
• In the microwave or over a double broiler, melt the chocolate chips until smooth. Set aside.
• In a small bowl, mix 6 Tbsp cocoa powder and 2 Tbsp canola oil until smooth. Set aside.
• With a standing mixer or hand held mixer beat butter until light and fluffy. Add in brown and white sugar and beat until well combined.
• Add in eggs, 1 at a time, mixing after each addition.
• Add in both melted chips and cocoa powder mixture, beating just until blended.
• In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking soda, salt, and espresso powder.
• Gradually add dry mix to the wet mix alternately with greek yogurt, beginning and ending with flour mixture. After each addition, beat at a low speed, just until blended.
• Slowly pour in hot coffee, beating at a low speed just until combined. Stir in vanilla.
• Pour into a greased medium sized loaf pan.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
• With a standing mixer or hand held mixer, beat heavy cream until soft peaks begin to form. Add in vanilla and powdered sugar and beat just until it reaches the consistency of store-bought whipped cream.
• Over a double broiler, melt chocolate, espresso powder, and heavy cream until melted.
• I opted to drizzle the ganache, but feel free to pour it over the top of the pound cake while it's cooling if you want each slice to have a thick ganache coating.
• Slice pound cake and top with berries, ganache, and cream.
• Enjoy!

CHOCOLATE ESPRESSO POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Thoroughly pan spray a 12-cup Bundt pan. Dust the inside liberally with sifted cocoa powder, knocking out excess. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350F.
• Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, soda and espresso powder until well combined. Set aside.
• In the bowl of your stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter until smooth and creamy.
• Add the salt and brown sugar and cream on medium speed until very light and fluffy, scraping bowl as necessary. This will take about 10 minutes.
• Whisk the vanilla into the beaten eggs and slowly drizzle the eggs into the batter with the mixer running. Do this gradually, a bit at a time, over about 5 minutes. Scrape bowl as necessary.
• Whisk together the sour cream and milk.
• With the mixer off, add 1/2 of the dry ingredients to the bowl. Mix on low for a few seconds and stream in about half of the milk/sour cream mixture. Scrape bowl as necessary.
• Add another half of the dry ingredients followed by the rest of the milk/sour cream. End with the dry ingredients.
• Fold batter by hand to make sure all the flour is incorporated.
• Scrape into the prepared pan and bake on the center rack of the oven for about an hour. It takes 1 hour, 5 minutes in my oven for the cake to be done and register 200F on an instant read thermometer.
• Remove from oven and cool in the pan for 20 to 30 minutes. Turn cake out onto a rack to cool completely before glazing.
• Place the chocolate chips in a small bowl.
• Bring the half and half to a boil and pour over the chocolate chips. Let sit a minute and stir slowly until smooth and glossy.
• Spoon evenly over the cooled cake. It won't give you full coverage, and that's just fine.
• Whisk together the dry ingredients. Add a tablespoon of milk and the vanilla. Stir well and check consistency. It should be a fairly thin glaze that will flow freely from the end of a spoon or the tines of a fork. Stir in milk, a teaspoon at a time, until you reach the desired consistency.
• Pull some glaze out of the bowl with a spoon or a fork and move it over the cake in a circular motion. Continue until you have pretty even coverage all over the top and about halfway down the sides of the cake.
• Store cake at room temperature. Enjoy.