I tweaked a recipe I found at allrecipes.com and am enamored enough to want to tweak it again.  But it was rather yummy and I thought you’d might enjoy the recipe. 

This recipe is a work in progress.  It can get better.  I’d like the get a more uniform texture, but the extra-large eggs I get at the farmer’s market (cheaper than the price of medium eggs at my grocery store) are throwing recipe proportions a little askew.  I might add a little more brown sugar next time.  I’m thinking of using regular chocolate chips and mixing in actual cut up caramels.  I could go with more cinnamon (maybe even a little black pepper which took my candied yams into the level of awesome this past Thanksgiving) in the glaze.  I could even add caramel to the glaze as well.  But for now, its pretty darn good as it is.

The Cake

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F

Apply butter-flavoed non-stick spray to a non-stick 10 inch Bundt pan.

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa, then whisk to thoroughly blend.

Set aside.

In a large bowl, cream together butter, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.

Fold in chips and mix until well-blended.

Add dry ingredients alternately with the milk.

When well-blended batter will be uniform in color and quite glossy.

Spoon into Bundt pan and smooth.

Bake at 325 F for 75 minutes or until a tester comes out clean.

Let cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a serving plate

Glaze

Melt butter and chocolate together in a double boiler, stirring constantly until smooth.

Add cinnamon and blend thoroughly.

Pour on top of cake, coating evenly.

If you are in a rush, this can be poured on top of a warm cake as well. In this case the glaze with absorb into the cake creating a dense crust. Not as pretty, but just as tasty.
Enjoy!

Mama Kelly

PS  Cake recipe was inspired by this and glaze recipe was adapted from here.

PPS I left a little early the other day so I would have time to procure a cake for my hubby’s birthday and soas to have a little extra time for family.  I left work at 3:00, came home and made this for Gamer Dude’s birthday cake.  At the same time I had a loaf of cinnamon-raisin bread doing its thing in the breadmaker with whom I have recently taken up an elicit affair.

Yes I work a really terrible job.  But for a little while today I caught a glimpse of who I was before I started working there.  The person I was when taking care of my family was the focus of my day not the inane mutterings that comprise my days now.  For a few moments today I also caught a glimpse of who I could be, of who I want to be.

Flour, sugar, butter, and a few sundries.  This may be the cheapest thereapy I’ve ever taken part in.

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