I refuse to give up on this cake. It sinks down in the middle and I have tried so many different things to make it stop:
Reduced the baking soda (texture was not as good)
Used baking powder (texture was not as good)
Used cocoa powder (no difference)
Not using room temperature butter (no difference)
SO I decided to embrace it and just call it Sunken Chocolate Pound Cake!
Sunken Chocolate Pound Cake (Adapted from somewhere?)
4 oz bittersweet chocolate
1/2 c boiling water
1 stick butter
1 3/4 brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1 t chocolate extract (optional)
2 c flour
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
1/2 c sour cream (or Greek yogurt)
Pour boiling water over chocolate and set aside. Meanwhile cream butter and brown sugar together in a bowl until creamy. Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla and chocolate extract. In a separate bowl mix flour, salt, baking soda together. Starting and ending with flour alternate between flour and sour cream add to butter/sugar mixture. Add cooled chocolate mixture. Place in a DEEP greased loaf pan that is greased and lined with parchment (like a sling). Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted, comes out clean.
If you do not have a deep loaf pan, you will have to make a mini loaf. DO NOT put all the batter in a regular loaf pan or it will overflow. Trust me on this. Make sure you also use the parchment sling. I've been thinking since the mini-loaf does not sink in maybe I need to try a different pan - or make all mini-loaves?
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| Fresh out of the oven - doesn't look to bad |
Used baking powder (texture was not as good)
Used cocoa powder (no difference)
Not using room temperature butter (no difference)
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| It looks so simple and plain but packs a lot of flavor |
SO I decided to embrace it and just call it Sunken Chocolate Pound Cake!
Sunken Chocolate Pound Cake (Adapted from somewhere?)
4 oz bittersweet chocolate
1/2 c boiling water
1 stick butter
1 3/4 brown sugar
2 eggs
1 t vanilla
1 t chocolate extract (optional)
2 c flour
1 t baking soda
1 t salt
1/2 c sour cream (or Greek yogurt)
Pour boiling water over chocolate and set aside. Meanwhile cream butter and brown sugar together in a bowl until creamy. Add eggs one at a time. Add vanilla and chocolate extract. In a separate bowl mix flour, salt, baking soda together. Starting and ending with flour alternate between flour and sour cream add to butter/sugar mixture. Add cooled chocolate mixture. Place in a DEEP greased loaf pan that is greased and lined with parchment (like a sling). Bake at 350 for 55-60 minutes or until toothpick inserted, comes out clean.
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| After cooling - looks pretty bad - but tastes so good |
If you do not have a deep loaf pan, you will have to make a mini loaf. DO NOT put all the batter in a regular loaf pan or it will overflow. Trust me on this. Make sure you also use the parchment sling. I've been thinking since the mini-loaf does not sink in maybe I need to try a different pan - or make all mini-loaves?
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| The mini-loaf - not sunken |
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