I missed the previous Bake Along for rugelach as my attempt wasn't very successful... A little disappointed and discouraged over the bake, I was very delighted when I noted that the next Bake Along is a chocolate pound cake! Chocolate always has the ability to pick me up, does it have the same effect on you too?
This chocolate cake requires the cocoa to be dissolved in hot cream, but if you don't have cream on hand, water or milk will most likely work just fine. It is a very simple cake to put together and to up the chocolatey bar, I threw in some dark chocolate chips - yummy and it certainly brightened my day!
Here's how to make them!
(P.S. Step-by-step photos is only for ⅓ of the full recipe! Sorry for the lack of photos as I was rushing for time!)
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| 1) Sift the cocoa and add hot cream. | 2) Mix to get a smooth paste. |
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| 3) Cream butter and sugar together. | 4) Beat in egg and vanilla extract. |
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| 5) Followed by the cocoa paste. | 6) Sift in flour, baking powder and salt. |
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| 7) Fold in the chocolate chips. | 8) Scoop and bake! |
I'm submitting this to Bake-Along hosted by Zoe from Bake for Happy Kids, Joyce from Kitchen Flavours and Lena from Her Frozen Wings!
- 6 tablespoons Dutch-processed cocoa powder (l used Varlhona)
- 4½ tablespoons heavy cream
- ½ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup caster sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ⅛ teaspoon table salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- Preheat oven to 170 degrees Celsius. Line a muffin / cupcake tin with muffin / cupcake liners. Set aside.
- Sift cocoa powder into a small bowl to get rid of lumps.
- Measure the cream in another small bowl. Heat it up until hot but not boiling in a microwave or place it in a pan of simmering hot water. Pour the cream over the cocoa powder and mix with a spoon until a paste is formed and no trace of cocoa powder is left. Set aside to cool slightly.
- Place the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer on medium speed for 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides and beat for another 2 minutes on high speed until light, pale and creamy. Scrape down the sides. Add in the eggs one by one, beating on medium speed for 1 minute and scraping down the sides before adding the next egg. Beat in the vanilla, followed by the cocoa-cream paste until incorporated.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and salt directly into the mixing bowl and beat on low speed just until incorporated. Add in the chocolate chips and fold in with a rubber spatula, scraping down the sides and the bottom of the bowl to ensure batter is well-mixed.
- Divide the batter among the liners (mine is ¼-cup of batter per liner) and bake for 18 to 23 minutes until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean. Remove the cakes from the tin onto a wire rack and let cool completely.
- Store in an air-tight container at room temperature for 3 days. The cake will last longer if you store it in the fridge, but let it come to room temperature before serving.
Dhruv Thaker says
Nice recipe. awesome cake.
Zoe says
Hi Jasline,
You have added chocolate chips in your cake!!! I should have do that too. Nevertheless, the original texture is still good but a little on the drier side 😀
Zoe
Jeannie Tay says
Hi Jasline, I think this chocolate cake looks delicious! I like the fine crumbs alot! Good idea to bake into cupcakes and adding more chocolate chips! Yum!
cquek says
yes please.. i want 2 cupcakes.
victoria bakes says
love your presentation Jasline!... beautifully baked
ChgoJohn says
Adding chocolate and making cupcakes, Jasline, are great twists to an old favorite, pound cake. I'll take mine with some fresh raspberries and a bit of whipped cream, please.
Bam's Kitchen says
Any cupcake that has butter, cream and chocolate chips in it has to be a winner. I can tell by looking at it how rich and decadent these cupcakes are even unfrosted. Have a fantastic weekend and take care, BAM
Lian says
Hi Jasline, I baked mine yesterday and almost ruined it. I like you made this into cupcakes.
Jennifer Kendall says
yessss chocolate pound cake!! this looks and sounds soooooo delicious!
Mich PieceofCake says
Your cupcakes look so moist and delicious!
yummychunklet says
I love that they're in muffins!
Juliana says
Nice cupcakes, and very rich...I love the intense chocolate color.
Have a great weekend Jasline 😀
lena says
zoe will agree very much to your' pick me up ' statement!haha! ok, dont talk about zoe, otherwise she says that i'm kaypoh-ing around...:D always appreciate your participation and time taken to bake these wonderful looking chocolate cake with us. Sorry to hear about your rugelach, hope the next time when you attempt it again, it will be a successful one.
Amelia says
Hi Jasline, your chocolate pound cake is awesome. Very chocolatey, great to go with coffee.
Have a nice week ahead.
May Law says
今天是第三次看到这吸引人的蛋糕了， 你的用小杯子做很美，也蛮方便吃哦！
等我明天忙完月饼后，也来动手做这个小蛋糕！
Sokehah Cheah says
These are very yummy choco cupcakes. Look moist and delicious!
kitchen flavours says
Hi Jasline,
These makes very lovely cupcakes! Adding chocolate chips makes it extra chocolaty, a very nice addition.
Sorry to heat that your Rugelach did not turn out well. Mine barely made it in whole pieces, most of them are out of shape, way out of shape! 🙂
Hope you have a wonderful weekend ahead!
Jasline N. says
Hi Joyce! Woah you are very fast! Haha. Thank you for the compliment! I hope to attempt rugelach again in the future, but wonder when the motivation to do so will arrive... haha!