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.
