German Chocolate Pound Cake Sallye Recipes

GERMAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan or bundt pan.
• Cream shortening at medium speed of mixer.
• Gradually add sugar until well mixed.
• Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each egg.
• Blend in vanilla extract.
• Combine flour, baking soda and salt.
• Add alternately with buttermilk to the creamed mixture.
• Continue mixing well.
• Mix in the melted chocolate last.
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for about 90 minutes or until cake tests done.
• Cool cake in pan on rack for about ten minutes, then turn out and let cake cool completely.
• You may sprinkle with confectioners sugar or top with chocolate glaze.
• For glaze, microwave chocolate and butter together, in a medium sized bowl, until melted.
• Mix in confectioners sugar and just enough water to make a smooth glaze.
• Pour glaze over cake and let trickle down the sides.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Line bottom of pan with waxed paper. Set aside.
• Place chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Let cool.
• Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs and yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate, mixing well.
• Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; add flour mixture to chocolate mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool on a wire rack. Pour sweet chocolate glaze over top of cake, if using.
• For the glaze:.
• Combine chocolate and butter in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Cool.
• Beat egg white (at room temperature) at high speed of an electric mixer 1 minmute or until stiff peaks form. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until stiff peaks form and sugar dissolves,(2 to 4 minutes).
• Fold chocolate mixture into egg whites. Add water, stirring until smooth.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat your oven to 300F. Grease and flour a bundt pan and set aside. In the bowl of your standing mixer, cream sugar & butter well, then add eggs one at a time letting it blend after each egg addition. Then add flavors and buttermilk blend together.
• 2. Remove wrapper from chocolate and melt the chocolate in the top of a double broiler over hot water. * I have also placed the chocolate in a small ceramic dish in the oven a couple of minutes to soften, but watch it.
• 3. Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt and blend. Then add flour mixture to the buttermilk mixture, Then add the softened german chocolate to the batter. Blend well. Pour into Prepared bundt pan. Bake 1 hour 30 minutes or until cake tests done in the middle.
• 4. Let cool 5 minutes then remove cake from pan, and place under a tight fitting cake cover and leave covered until cold. This is delicious warm as well! Just letting ya know! 8) Enjoy!

GERMAN CHOCOLATE CAKE (SALLYE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º. Grease and flour two 9" round cake pans. Over low heat, melt chocolate with water in small saucepan, set aside. Sift flour, baking soda and salt together; set aside. *If you don't have buttermilk, use regular milk with a teasoon of vinegar in it. Set aside for 5-10 minutes.
• In large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at at a time while continuing to beat until smooth and creamy. While still beating, add flour mixture and milk alternately ending with flour. Add vanilla and beat until well blended.
• Pour into pans and cook in prheated oven for 35-45 minutes until toothpick inserted into middle of cake comes out clean. Turn out onto cooling rack and allow to completely cool before frosting. Frosting recipe link is in comments below.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Line the bottom of two round cake pans with wax paper.
• Melt the chocolate squares until they are completely melted. Stir well.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• Beat margarine (butter) and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition until smooth.
• Beat egg whites in another large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently stir into batter.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched in center. Immediately run spatula between the cake and sides of the pan.
• Cool 15 minutes and remove from the pan. Remove wax paper. Cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Coconut-Pecan Frosting between layers and over top of cake.

GERMAN CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE (ICING IN THE CAKE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 12 cup tube pan or Bundt pan. Mix all ingredients (including the icing), in mixer at medium speed 2 minutes. Pour into prepared pan.
• Bake 55-60 minutes.
• Remove from oven to wire rack and allow cooling for 10 minutes. Invert onto serving plate and dust with powdered sugar or sift small amount cocoa over top of cake.