Cocoa Ripple Cake Recipes

FRANGIPANE RIPPLE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Almond Paste Frangipane: In the bowl of a food processor, blend the almonds, almond paste, and sugar until the nuts are finely ground. Add the egg and butter, process until smooth. Cover and freeze for 35 minutes. Keep refrigerated until ready to use.
• Cake: Place the oven rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees.
• Remove the frangipane from the refrigerator. Grease and lightly flour a 12-cup bundt pan. Sift together the cake flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa, set aside. Using an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy and smooth, about 30 to 45 seconds. Add the sugar and beat for 4 to 5 minutes, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. On low speed, add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk in 3 additions, beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Spoon about 2 cups of the batter into the prepared pan, spreading evenly. Spoon half the frangipane filling in dollops over the center of the batter. Spread the filling evenly over the batter, avoiding the center tube and the sides of the pan. Spoon about 1 1/2 cups of the batter evenly over the filling and spoon the remaining frangipane over the batter. Spoon the remaining batter over the filling. Bake until the cake springs back lightly when touched in the center and just begins to pull away from the sides of the pan, about 60 to 65 minutes. Transfer the cake to a cooling rack and cool upright for 15 to 20 minutes. Invert the cake and cool completely on a wire rack. Garnish with Chocolate Bow.
• Chocolate Bow: In the top of a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Let cool 10 to 15 minutes and blend in the corn syrup. Form the mixture into a ball. Wrap in plastic wrap and let set overnight at room temperature. Roll out between sheets of waxed paper. Cut strips with a pastry cutter and form a ribbon. Use spools of thread covered in waxed paper to support the bow. Refrigerate until ready to use.

COCOA RIPPLE RING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Generously butter a 6 and 1/2 cup ring mold or similarly sized bundt pan.
• Cream together butter and sugar.
• Add the eggs and beat until light and fluffy.
• Sift together the flour, salt and baking powder.
• Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk to the creamed butter/sugar/egg mixture, beating well after each addition.
• Mix together the filling ingredients.
• Pour 1/3 of the batter into the prepared mold.
• Sprinkle half the filling over the batter.
• Carefully add another third of the batter.
• Sprinkle with the remaining filling.
• Add the balance of the batter.
• Bake for 35 minutes, or until tester comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Invert and unmold cake.
• Dust with a sprinkling of confectioners' sugar through a sieve.
• Pour yourself a cup of tea and enjoy.

COCOA RIPPLE RING BUNDT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, blend together dry ingredients. Cream butter and sugar, then add eggs and vanilla and beat well. Next, alternate mixing the dry ingredients and the milk to the butter/sugar/eggs mixture.
• In a separate bowl, combine cocoa and sugar for the cocoa ring. Generously grease a 2-3 quart bundt pan. Add 1/3 of the batter to the pan, then sprinkle 1/2 of the cocoa ring mixture on top of the batter, and then add another third of the batter, followed by the last of the cocoa mixture, and lastly the rest of the batter.
• Be sure to keep the cocoa mixture away from the sides of the pan, otherwise it might cause the cake to tear when removing it from the pan.
• Bake approximately 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Depending on your personal oven, the bake time may be shorter or longer. Serve the cake plain, with powdered sugar sprinkled on top, or choose to drizzle chocolate sauce over the top.

COCOA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, whisk flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Using a spoon, make 3 wells in the dry ingredients. Pour oil into the first, vinegar into another and vanilla into the third. Slowly pour water over all. Beat on low speed until thoroughly combined (batter will be thin). , Pour into a greased 8-in. square baking dish. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar.