50+ Friends Club Cookbook
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French Chocolate Cream Pound Cake
From the Kitchen of: Betty Williamson
Use heavy mixer. I omit the sauce over the cake as it makes it too
rich.
Cake |
3½ | C | Flour |
3 | C | Sugar |
1½ | C | Plain yogurt |
1½ | C | Butter |
5 | | Eggs |
1 | tsp | Vanilla |
3/4 | tsp | Soda |
3/4 | tsp | Salt |
1½ | tsp | Lemon peel |
- Combine all of cake ingredients. Beat 3 minutes to mix well.
Chocolate Sauce |
6 | squares | Semi-sweet chocolate |
9 | tbsp | Water |
1/4 + 1/8 | C | Sugar |
3 | tbsp | Butter |
1 | big bar | Hershey almond milk chocolate candy
|
1 | small bar | Hershey almond milk chocolate candy
|
- Melt semi-sweet chocolate in water. Add sugar. Boil gently,
stirring constantly, till thickened, about 5 to 6 minutes. Remove from
heat. Add butter, let cool to lukewarm.
- In bowl combine 3 cups batter, 1/2 cup chocolate sauce. Cut candy
bars into 1/2" and 1/4" pieces. They must be large to stand cooking.
Add to chocolate batter.
- Spread 1/2 plain batter in greased and floured bundt pan or angel
food pan. Then alternate spoonfuls of flavored batter and plain. Be
generous with the spoonfuls.
- Bake 350° for 1½ to 2 hours. "Watch out" it is easy to underbake or
overbake. Test with toothpick. Cool 15 minutes then invert pan onto
cake plate and cool completely.
- Warm up rest of the sauce and drizzle over top of the cake.