Vermeer Chocolate Pound Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Thoroughly grease a 10-inch fluted tube pan. Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
• In a large bowl, mix the melted margarine, sugar, milk, eggs, and vanilla extract; beat the flour mixture into the margarine mixture with an electric mixer set on Low until the batter is smooth. Pour the batter into the prepared cake pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the top of the cake forms a crust and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, about 1 hour and 20 minutes. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 10 to 15 minutes before removing pan, then allow cake to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder and cocoa. Combine milk and vanilla. Add dry ingredients to creamed mixture alternately with milk mixture. Mix well. , Pour into greased 10-in. tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 70-80 minutes. Cool for 15 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. If desired, sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• To make the cake:.
• Use 8.5" x 4.5" x 2.5" metal loaf pan to trace and cut out a rectangle of wax paper.
• Butter the loaf pan and insert wax paper at the bottom of the pan.
• Butter the wax paper.
• Melt chocolate squares in a small heatproof bowl over hot, but not simmering, water, stir occasionally.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt and set aside.
• Cream butter and sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer.
• Beat, for about three minutes, until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the cooled chocolate, then the eggs one at a time and the vanilla.
• Stir in half the flour mixture.
• Then stir in the sour cream.
• Then stir in the remaining flour.
• Quickly stir in the 1/8th cup of Chocolate Liqueur, remembering to shake well before pouring.
• Scrape the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top.
• Bake for 50-55 minutes or until toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool in the pan on a rack for 10 minutes.
• Remove the cake from the pan, and peel wax paper from base, let the cake cool completely.
• Fill base of pan with ½ cup of Chocolate Liqueur, remembering to shake well before pouring. Put the cake back into the pan and allow the liqueur to soak in well.
• To make the glaze:.
• Sift confectioner's sugar into a bowl.
• Using an electric mixer beat in the Chocolate Liqueur, remembering to shake well before pouring.
• Mix, for about two minutes, until smooth and thin Drizzle glaze over the top of the cooled cake, smoothing with a knife where necessary, allowing glaze to drip down the sides of the cake.
• Serving suggestion:.
• Serve with vanilla ice cream that has been drizzled with Vermeer Dutch Chocolate Cream Liqueur. Created by Elizabeth Colie Gadberry.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan with butter.
• Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa together. Set aside.
• With an electric mixer, cream the 1 cup butter, the shortening and the sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one a time, beating well after each addition. With the motor running, add the flour mixture and the milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Add the vanilla.
• Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the cake; it should come out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for 30 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
• Slice the cake and serve topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325*; grease and flour bundt or tube pan.
• Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder together.
• Beat shortening and butter together.
• Slowly add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Add flour mix and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour.
• Add vanilla, mix well.
• Pour into pan, place on center rack and bake 1-1/2 to 2 hours.
• Check with wooden pick after 1-1/2 hours to see if it needs more time.

Steps:

• Cream together the butter and shortening.
• Add sugar and mix well.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
• Add vanilla.
• Sift all dry ingredients together.
• Add dry ingredients and milk alternately until creamy.
• Bake in 10 inch tube pan or bundt pan.
• Bake at 325 degrees F for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
• If you do not want a chocolate pound cake, just leave off the cocoa.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Line the bottom of two round cake pans with wax paper.
• Melt the chocolate squares until they are completely melted. Stir well.
• Mix flour, baking soda and salt; set aside.
• Beat margarine (butter) and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy.
• Add egg yolks, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir in chocolate mixture and vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition until smooth.
• Beat egg whites in another large bowl with electric mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form. Gently stir into batter.
• Pour into prepared pans.
• Bake 30 minutes or until cake springs back when lightly touched in center. Immediately run spatula between the cake and sides of the pan.
• Cool 15 minutes and remove from the pan. Remove wax paper. Cool completely on wire racks.
• Spread Coconut-Pecan Frosting between layers and over top of cake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350º.
• Generously grease and flour pans (see description above).
• Sift the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
• Place the butter and sugars in mixer bowl, fitted with paddle if possible, and beat until smooth and creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down sides of bowl before each addition.
• Add half the flour mixture and beat well, then add the milk, coffee and vanilla.
• Scrape down sides and add remaining flour mixture. Beat well.
• Pour batter into prepared pan(s). Transfer to oven and bake until cake pulls away from the sides, and tester comes out NOT QUITE clean, about 50-55 minutes for bundt pan, 45 minutes for 9x5, and 40 minutes for 8x4's. These times are not exact -- they may take up to 15 minutes longer!
• Cool for 20 minutes in pan, then invert on rack. Cool to room temperature.

Steps:

• To make the cake, grease and flour a 9" tube pan; set aside.
• In a large bowl and with an electric mixer, cream the butter and cream cheese until light.
• Add the brown and granulated sugars, orange rind and vanilla.
• Continue beating until fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time.
• In a medium bowl, sift the flour and baking powder.
• Add to the creamed mixture, stirring until well combined.
• Stir in the cranberries and white chocolate chips.
• Spoon the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in a 350 degree F oven about 1 hour or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the cake comes out clean.
• Cool the cake in the pan on a wire rack.
• To make the glaze, melt the white chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over hot, not boiling, water.
• Stir in the orange juice.
• Unmold the cooled cake.
• Spoon the glaze over the top; let cool.
• Garnish the top of the cake with orange slices, or fill the centre with cranberries.