This months "Cake Slice Bakers" selection was a chocolate pound cake.Most of you know by now that my oven has been out for a month, which kept me from making last months cake. I really didn't want to miss out baking with the group this month so I ended up going to my sisters to use her oven, which I felt was really sweet of her to let me come over considering she just had a baby and she hasn't had much rest the last few weeks. Plus the kids were excited to have someone come over and bake for them.
I was a little dissapointed with the cake. I've never made a pound cake before, and I guess I was hoping this would turn out super fabulous. The cake ended up sinking in the middle after I pulled it from the oven. I had a slice of it when it was warm and wasn't impressed, all I tasted was sugar, and expected a nice fudgy taste. The next morning I had a cold slice, which was better, but nothing to drool over.The only thing I really liked about this recipe was the batter, it was like mousse and so good, thats why I was so dissapointed with the outcome. I have never baked with dutch processed cocoa, so I'm not quite sure how the flavor of the cakes are supposed to turn out. I guess I expected an intense flavor of chocolate. I ended up using regular whipping cream instead of heavy cream, and I'm not sure if I purchased the correct cocoa. The container stated it had a mix of fine cocoa including dutch processed, if any one has a suggestion on a different brand I could easily purchase at the grocery store your tip would be greatly appreciated.
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| Did I purchase the correct cocoa? |
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| I didn't care for the texture of the cake |
For the recipe please
click here! Hopefully you'll have better luck than I did!
Now I can't mention my new baby niece without sharing pictures! She's so adorable!
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| Baby Emma, two weeks old! |
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| Baby Emma just a few hours old! Born 2/28/11 |
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| Baby Emma and me! |
8 comments:
Aww Emma is so sweet!
Sorry, I have no idea about Dutch processed cocoa. Here in the UK, we just buy cocoa powder - easy!
The batter was lovely, wasn't it? My boys went crazy for it. Fighting over the last bits on the spoon by the end!
My cake sank a little too and had a crust on the top. I agree that the flavor is more like a milk chocolate rather than a dark chocolate. I did enjoy the cake so I will be trying it again.
First congrats on your being an Aunt to sweet baby Emma =)
Mine also sank in the middle and formed a crust so you weren't the only one! Although I must say I enjoyed the crust! LOL Regardless your cake looks delish!
The cake looks fine. The baby is adorable!
I used Van Houten cocoa powder, the most popular brand in Malaysia and whipping cream too.
Isn't Emma Super cutteee!
I used a mix of dutch and Dark , but all in all my cake was nothing close to a cake , it all boiled over and spilled during the time in the oven and i had some fudge cookies, and hardly any batter left in the pan :-(
Urs looks like cake and from the pic i actually like the texture, i ahve never made Pound cake either.
The baby is much cuter than the cake :) Maybe Emma will become a baker since her early experience includes the fragrance of baking. My cake sank in the middle, too. I used a cocoa from King Arthur flour which is very dark. Maybe your next pound cake will be better.
I agree it was good but nothing special. It looks wonderfully dark though
She is adorable!
Sorry the cake didn't turn out like you wanted. I didn't have time to bake it, but I'm hoping to not miss this month's cake. Hope it's much better.
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