Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting
Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting

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Great recipe for Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting. This is a traditional pound cake recipe covered in rich chocolate with almonds. A timeless dessert that combines the density of pound cake and the richness of chocolate.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting using 12 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting:
  1. Get 6 eggs at room temperature
  2. Get 3 sticks salted butter at room temperature
  3. Make ready 8 oz sour cream at room temperature
  4. Take 3 cups cake flour, sifted twice
  5. Make ready 3 cups sugar, sifted twice
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp baking soda
  7. Take 1/2 tsp butter flavor
  8. Prepare 1/2 tsp vanilla
  9. Take 1/2 pint heavy cream
  10. Get 10 oz semisweet chocolate
  11. Prepare 1 tsp almond flavor
  12. Take 1 cup chopped almonds

I filled it with white chocolate-almond buttercream and it actually complemented the cake. I had a huge craving for a chocolate cake, and I had picked some freshly ground almond butter so I started playing around with making an almond buttercream frosting. Let me just say OMG, it was SO good. With triple layers of chocolate cake and the chocolate ganache topping, this cake will make any chocolate junkie very happy.

Instructions to make Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting:
  1. Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
  2. Add eggs one at a time making sure to blend well after each egg.
  3. Add vanilla and butter favors.
  4. Mix baking soda with sifted flour.
  5. Add half of the flour to the butter and sugar and blend well.
  6. Add the sour cream and blend well.
  7. Add remaining flour and blend until light and fluffy.
  8. Grease and flour bunds cake pan. - Pour batter into pan and bake in a oven preheated to 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours.
  9. Test for doneness by inserting a cake pick into the middle of cake.
  10. FROSTING: - Heat heavy cream just to a boil.
  11. Break chocolate into pieces, add to cream and stir until melted.
  12. Add almond flavor.
  13. Let cool at room temperature. - Chill in fridge for 30 minutes.
  14. Whisk until thickened to a spreadable consistency. - Spread over entire cake and sprinkle with chopped almonds. - Yummy !
  15. Please note: all ingredients should be at room temperature, flour and sugar should be sifted twice for best density and height results.

Yes ladies and gentlemen, I baked. I have been flirting with the idea for quite some time, and today, I finally got around to do it. Good news is; it didn't kill me. Bad news is; I have eaten a lot of cake and icing. My aversion to baking isn't because I lack the skills to do it.

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