Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake.
You can have Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake using 13 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook that.
Ingredients of Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake
- Prepare 1/3 cup of Self-Raising Flour.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Almond Meal.
- You need of *Note: Flour & Almond Meal weigh 125g in total.
- It's 1 tablespoon of Cocoa Powder *optional, depending on Dark Chocolate’s cocoa content.
- You need 125 g of Butter *cut into small pieces, softened at room temperature.
- Prepare 125 g of (2 x 1/4 cup) Caster Sugar.
- You need 125 g of Dark Chocolate *melted.
- You need 1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract.
- Prepare 3 of Egg Yolks.
- It's 3 of Egg Whites *Note: Eggs should be at room temperature.
- Prepare of Icing.
- Prepare 1/2 cup of Icing Sugar.
- You need 2 teaspoons of Milk.
Glazed Pound Chocolate Cake instructions
- Preheat oven to 170°C. Grease a loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking paper..
- Combine Self-Raising Flour, Almond Meal and Cocoa Powder in a bowl and set aside..
- Beat the softened Butter in a mixing bowl with a whisk until smooth. Add 1/4 cup Sugar and beat until creamy. Add Egg Yolks and mix well. Add melted Chocolate and mix well..
- Beat Egg Whites until soft peaks form. Gradually add 1/4 cup Caster Sugar and beat until combined well and glossy..
- Add the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture and mix well. Then gently fold in the Egg Whites mixture. DO NOT over-mix it..
- Pour the mixture into the loaf tin and bake for 40 minutes or until cooked through. Stand the cake in the tin for 5 minutes as it is quite soft, then turn onto a wire rack to cool..
- To make the icing, combine Icing Sugar and Milk in a bowl and mix well until smooth. If you need to make it softer, add extra Milk, but only a small mount at a time. Spread the icing over the cooled Chocolate Cake..
