Espresso Chip Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• In a double boiler or metal bowl over hot water, melt milk chocolate in espresso; stir until smooth. Remove from the heat., In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until crumbly, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate chips and melted chocolate mixture., Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake at 325° until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, 80-90 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely., In a large bowl, beat butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the confectioners' sugar, milk, vanilla and salt; frost cake.

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Whisk the flour and baking soda together until blended.
• In a large bowl, mash the butter, cream cheese, white sugar and brown sugar with a spoon until the mixture is creamy and thoroughly combined. Beat in 1 egg at a time, mixing it in completely before adding the next one. Stir the vanilla extract with the instant espresso powder in a small bowl, and add it to the butter mixture. Stir in until well combined.
• Stir the flour mixture into the butter mixture in 1/2-cup quantities until the flour has been thoroughly incorporated. Stir in the chopped dark chocolate. Spoon the batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 1/2 hours. Start checking for doneness after about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cool the cake in the pan for about 10 minutes, then turn out onto a cake dish and allow to finish cooling. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Butter 9 x 5 x 3-inch metal loaf pan. Dust pan with flour, tapping out excess.
• Whisk flour, cornstarch, cinnamon, baking powder, and 1/4 teaspoon salt in medium bowl. Whisk eggs and vanilla in small bowl to blend. Using electric mixer, beat butter, sugar, brown sugar, and 1 tablespoon espresso powder in large bowl until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes. With mixer running, gradually add egg mixture. Add flour mixture in 2 additions, beating on low speed just to blend after each addition. Beat batter 30 seconds on medium speed. Add 3/4 cup pecans and 3/4 cup cranberries; beat just to incorporate evenly. Transfer batter to pan.
• Bake cake until top is golden and toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, about 1 hour 10 minutes. Cool in pan on rack 5 minutes. Invert cake; remove pan. Turn cake top side up; cool on rack.
• Mix powdered sugar, milk, and 2 teaspoons espresso powder in medium bowl. Spread glaze over top of cake, allowing some to drip down sides. Sprinkle 1/4 cup nuts and 1/4 cup cranberries over. Let stand until glaze sets, about 20 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 5 days ahead. Store airtight at room temperature.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Generously butter an 8 ½ x 4 ½ inch loaf pan.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt into a bowl.
• Stir in the ground coffee.
• Grate the zest from the lemon into the bowl.
• In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter on medium speed until creamy.
• Add the sugar and beat until the mixture is pale and fluffy.
• Add the eggs, beating until incorporated.
• Decrease mixer speed to med-low and add the dry ingredients in 3 additions alternately with the buttermilk in 2 additions, starting and ending with the dry ingredients.
• Beat just until combined.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake until the cake is browned and puffed, and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 50-60 minutes.
• Let cool completely on wire rack.
• Run a knife around the edge of the pan.
• Invert the cake onto a plate, then turn the cake right side up.
• Cut into thick slices and serve.

Steps:

• Cream the butter, sugar and brown sugar together.
• Start on a slow speed until blended, then turn it up to the highest speed until it is light and fluffy.
• Add the eggs and vanilla to the mixture and mix on medium speed until the eggs are fully broken up and combined.
• Do not over mix this part.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together, add to the mixture and mix until combined.
• Add the sour cream and buttermilk and mix until combined.
• Add the espresso, and mix until it is combined.
• If you are using hot espresso shots, then pour them slowly into the mixture so that it does not begin to cook the eggs.
• Add the chocolate chips and mix them until combined.
• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F.
• Grease and flour a bundt cake pan.
• Scoop the cake mixture into the prepared pan.
• Place the cake on a cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour and 45 minutes to 2 hours, or until an inserted knife comes clean from the cake.
• Placing the cake on a cookie sheet is just a suggestion to keep your oven clean, in case the cake mixture spills over the sides of the pan.
• Let the cake cool, then remove it from the pan upside down.
• Garnish it with powdered sugar.