White Chocolate Pound Cake From Scratch Food

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Chop four squares of white chocolate and melt the other four; set both aside. In a bowl, cream butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in extracts and the melted chocolate., Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with sour cream. Beat just until combined. , Grease a 10-in. fluted tube pan. Sprinkle with the remaining sugar. Pour a third of the batter into pan. Sprinkle with half of the chopped chocolate. Repeat. Pour remaining batter on top. , Bake at 350° for 55-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes; remove from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Drizzle semisweet and white chocolate over cake. Garnish with strawberries if desired.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Microwave chocolate in large microwaveable bowl on HIGH 2 min. or until chocolate is almost melted, stirring after 1 min.; stir until completely melted.
• Add remaining ingredients. Beat with mixer until blended.
• Pour into greased and floured 12-inch fluted tube pan or 10-inch tube pan.
• Bake 1 hour 5 min. to 1 hour 15 min. or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan 10 min. Loosen cake from sides of pan with knife. Invert onto wire rack; gently remove pan. Cool cake completely.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees (175 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch bundt pan. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of white sugar in the bundt pan.
• Chop four squares of the white chocolate and melted 4 of the others. Set aside.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and 2 cups of the sugar until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in extracts and the melted white chocolate.
• Combine flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the sour cream. Beat just until combined.
• Pour 1/3 of the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle with 1/2 of the chopped white chocolate. Repeat. Pour remaining batter on top.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 55 to 60 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean. Melt chocolate in the top of two double boilers or in bowls in the microwave. Stir until smooth. Set aside to cool.
• Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes then remove from pan and let cool on a wire rack completely. Once cool place cake on a serving dish and drizzle with melted white and semisweet chocolate. Garnish with strawberries, if desired.

CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan with butter.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa together. Set aside.
• With an electric mixer, cream the 1 cup butter, the shortening and the sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one a time, beating well after each addition. With the motor running, add the flour mixture and the milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Add the vanilla.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the cake; it should come out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for 30 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Slice the cake and serve topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE FROM SCRATCH

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300°. Grease and flour a 10-cup fluted tube pan.
• In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar at medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating after each addition, just until combined. Stir in melted chocolate. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake for 1 hour 30 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes. Remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.

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.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat the oven to 350. Lightly mist three 8 inch loaf pans with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour. Shake out excess flour.
• Heat the white chocolate in saucepan over low heat until melted, stirring constantly. Set aside to cool slightly.
• Place cake mix, melted butter, milk, eggs, vanilla and slightly cooled white chocolate in mixing bowl. Blend with mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop machine and scrape down sides of the bowl. Increase the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 minutes more, scraping down sides again, if needed. The batter should look well blended. Divide batter evenly among the prepared pans. Place pans in oven.
• Bake the loaves until they are light brown and spring back when lightly pressed with yout finger, 40-45 minutes. Remove pans from oven and cool on wire racks for 10 minutes. Run a dinner knife around the edge of the loaves and invert them onto racks. Turn on one side and let cool completely, 35-40 minutes, before serving.

WHITE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE ICING

Steps:

• In a heavy saucepan, combine evaporated milk and chocolate. Cook and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Cool to room temperature.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with chocolate mixture. Beat just until combined.
• Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube or bundt pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack; cool completely.
• FOR ICING: In a heavy saucepan, melt chocolate and butter over low heat until blended and smooth, stirring often.
• Remove from the heat.
• Stir in the confectioners sugar, vanilla and enough milk to reach desired consistency.
• Drizzle over cake.

BASIC CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder and cocoa. Combine milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk mixture. Mix well. , Pour into greased 10-in. tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 70-80 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.