Mexican Chocolate Pound Cake Food

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Generously grease and flour pans (see description above).
• Sift the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
• Place the butter and sugars in mixer bowl, fitted with paddle if possible, and beat until smooth and creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down sides of bowl before each addition.
• Add half the flour mixture and beat well, then add the milk, coffee and vanilla.
• Scrape down sides and add remaining flour mixture. Beat well.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Transfer to oven and bake until cake pulls away from the sides, and tester comes out NOT QUITE clean, about 50-55 minutes for bundt pan, 45 minutes for 9x5, and 40 minutes for 8x4's. These times are not exact -- they may take up to 15 minutes longer!
• Cool for 20 minutes in pan, then invert on rack. Cool to room temperature.

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Microwave chocolate baking squares in a microwave safe bowl at HIGH for 1 minute and 15 seconds or until chocolate is melted and smooth, stirring at 15 second intervals. Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy duty electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy;. Gradually add granulated sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition. Stir in melted chocolate, chocolate syrup and vanilla until smooth.
• 2. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
• 3. Bake at 325 degrees for one hour and ten minutes or until a long wooded pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack and let cool completely. Sprinkle with powdered sugar and garnish with sliced almonds

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease and flour 2 - 9x5 loaf pans. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into a bowl. Place the butter and sugars in mixer bowl, fitted with paddle if possible, and beat until smooth and creamy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down sides and bottom of bowl before each addition. Add half the flour mixture and beat well, then add the milk, coffee and vanilla. Scrape down sides and add remaining flour mixture. Beat well. Pour batter into prepared pans. Transfer to oven and bake until cake pulls away from the sides, and tester comes out NOT QUITE clean, about 65-70 minutes. Cool for 20 minutes in pan, then invert onto rack. Cool to room temperature. Slice and serve with whipped cream and/or vanilla, chocolate or coffee ice cream. Muy Bueno!

BUTTERMILK-MEXICAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Microwave chocolate baking squares in a microwave-safe bowl at HIGH 1 minute and 15 seconds or until chocolate is melted and smooth, stirring every 15 seconds.
• Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer 2 minutes or until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating 5 to 7 minutes or until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears after each addition. Stir in melted chocolate, chocolate syrup, and vanilla until smooth.
• Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan or a 12-cup Bundt pan.
• Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack, and let cool 1 hour and 30 minutes or until completely cool. Garnish, if desired.
• 2 (4.4-oz.) packages Mexican chocolate, chopped, may be substituted for semisweet chocolate baking squares. Omit ground cinnamon, and proceed with recipe as directed.

MEXICAN CHOCOLATE CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350*F.
• Lightly coat an 8" round cake pan with vegetable cooking spray.
• Combine all cake ingredients in a mixing bowl and stir until smooth.
• Pour into a pan and bake 25 to 30 minutes (until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean).
• Cool in the pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove from pan and cool completely.
• When the cake has cooled whisk together the first three glaze ingredients.
• Dip each strawberry into the glaze and set aside.
• Pour the remaining glaze over the cake and arrange the strawberries on top.
• Set aside to dry- about 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Thoroughly butter and flour a 9 inch springform pan.
• Cut a piece of parchment paper to fit into the pan, and butter and flour again.
• Sift the flour cocoa and salt onto a piece of parchment paper.
• If using an electric mixer, use the whisk attachment if you have one. In the bowl of the mixng bowl or in another large bowl, whisk the egg yolks and all but one tablespoon of the sugar. until they are foamy, pale yellow, and have at least doubled in size. Whisk in the vanilla extract.
• Sprinkle the shifted ingredients into the yolk mixture and whisk it in quickly. Don't be concerned if the flour sticks to the sides of the bowl.
• Add the butter in thirds, whisking continously, scraping all the flour down the sides of the bowl. Mix the batter once more forcefully, so everything is combined well.
• In a medium sized bowl whisk the egg whites with a pinch of salt until they are white and foamy but still quite liquid. Add the 1 tablespoon of sugar into the egg whites and beat until whiter and firmer but still this side of forming soft peaks.
• incorporate on fourth of the egg whites into the batter. Then add the remaining batter until they are completely incorporated.
• Turn the batter into the pan and bake in the center of the oven until the batter springs back and cake tester comes out clean, about 25 minutes.
• Let cool for 5 minutes, then loosen the edge of the mould. After 15 minutes cooling, remove the cake from the pan, and let it cool thoroughly on a wire rack.

GRILLED POUND CAKE; MEXICAN CHOCOLATE SAUCE & TROPICAL FRUIT

Steps:

• MAKE THE WHIPPED CREAM:
• In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, softly whip the heavy cream.
• Add the confectioners' sugar, rum and vanilla and whip the cream until firm peaks form.
• Refrigerate the whipped cream.
• MAKE THE CHOCOLATE SAUCE:
• In a medium saucepan, bring the heavy cream to a simmer over moderately high heat with the cinnamon and chile powder.
• Add the chocolate chips and vanilla.
• Remove from the heat and let stand for 1 minute, then whisk to blend; keep warm.
• MAKE THE FRUIT SALAD:
• In a medium bowl, toss the mango and papaya with the basil and vanilla.
• PREPARE THE POUND CAKE:
• Light a grill or preheat a grill pan.
• Butter both sides of the pound cake slices.
• Grill the pound cake over moderate heat, turning once, until golden, about 2 minutes per side.
• Set a slice of grilled pound cake on each of 6 plates and top each one with 3 tablespoons of the warm chocolate sauce and the fruit salad.
• Top each serving with a dollop of the rum whipped cream and sprinkle with the toasted almonds.
• Pass the remaining chocolate sauce at the table.
• **MAKE AHEAD The whipped cream and fruit salad can be refrigerated for up to 4 hours; whip the cream gently before serving. The chocolate sauce can be refrigerated for up to 2 days; rewarm before serving.