Mocha Swirl Pound Cake Recipes

RASPBERRY-SWIRL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Make the pound cake: Preheat the oven to 350˚. Butter the bottom and sides of a 9-by-5-inch loaf pan, then line with parchment paper in two overlapping strips, leaving an overhang. Butter the parchment and lightly dust with flour, tapping out the excess.
• Combine the fresh raspberries, jam, 2 tablespoons cane sugar and 1/4 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring and smashing the berries with a wooden spoon, until thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from the heat and strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a medium bowl, pressing with a rubber spatula. Let cool.
• Whisk the eggs, egg yolk, 1/4 cup heavy cream, 1 teaspoon vanilla and 3/4 teaspoon almond extract in a medium bowl until slightly foamy; set aside. Beat the butter and remaining 1 cup cane sugar in a large bowl with a mixer on medium speed until well combined, 1 to 2 minutes. Scrape down the bowl and increase the mixer speed to medium high. Beat until pale and fluffy, 6 to 7 more minutes. Reduce the mixer speed to low and beat in the flour until just combined. Gradually add the egg mixture and beat until combined. Scrape down the bowl, increase the speed to medium and beat until smooth and fluffy, 15 to 30 seconds.
• Scoop 1 cup batter into the bowl with the raspberry sauce and stir in the red food coloring. Transfer half of the remaining plain batter to the prepared pan and top with half of the raspberry batter; swirl together with a knife. Repeat and swirl the batters together again. Bake until the top springs back when gently pressed and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes. Transfer to a rack and let cool 15 minutes in the pan. Lift the cake from the pan and remove the parchment; return to the rack to cool completely.
• Make the glaze: Combine the confectioners' sugar, 2 tablespoons heavy cream and the remaining 1/8 teaspoon each vanilla and almond extracts in a medium bowl and whisk until smooth; thin with the remaining 1 tablespoon heavy cream, if needed. Spoon the glaze over the cooled cake and sprinkle with freeze-dried raspberries. Let set at least 20 minutes.

IRRESISTIBLE MOCHA CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350˚F.
• Spray bottom and up sides of 9-inch springform pan with non-stick cooking spray. Set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk together sugar, water, and espresso coffee crystals and bring to a boil. Remove pan from heat and whisk in the chocolate chips until melted and smooth. Set aside to cool slightly.
• To a small bowl, add egg yolks and vanilla extract and whisk to combine. Temper the eggs (See Note 1) by whisking the yolks into the chocolate mixture in small increments until thoroughly blended. Set aside.
• To a medium bowl, add flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon and baking powder and whisk to combine. Slowly whisk in the egg yolk and chocolate mixture until smooth.
• To large mixing bowl or bowl of stand mixer, add egg whites. Use electric hand mixer or stand mixer on high to beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. With a spatula, gently fold the chocolate mixture into the egg whites, folding over to incorporate until all are combined and the mixture is light. Do not over mix!
• Spread cake batter into prepared 9-inch springform pan.
• Bake for 30 minutes or until the top springs back to the touch. Leave cake in pan and place onto wire rack to cool completely before frosting.

POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350.
• Butter and flour the bottom and sides of a 10-inch tube pan or a bundt pan.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until they are light and fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Set aside.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Mix the milk together with the vanilla in another separate bowl.
• Add the flour mixture and milk mixture to the creamed butter/sugar alternating dry and wet. Start and end with dry. Do not overmix. Mix by hand, just enough to blend.
• Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Bake 50 to 60 minutes, or until a sharp knife inserted all the way down comes out clean. Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then turn it out onto a plate.
• Allow to cool completely before slicing. If desired, dust with sifted powdered sugar, or drizzel with a glaze made from powdered sugar and milk or water.
• Variations follow. The above is the plain poundcake recipe. Below is lemon poundcake, blueberry poundcake, or mocha-swirl poundcake.
• Lemon Poundcake: replace the vanilla above with lemon extract. Also add 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice and 1 tsp freshly grated lemon zest.
• Blueberry poundcake: Make the Lemon Poundcake variation above and gently fold in 2 cups of fresh blueberries with the last addition of dry ingredients.
• Mocha-Swirl poundcake: Replace milk in the standard recipe with 1 cup strong black coffee. After mixing up the batter, take about 1/3 of the batter and add 1 oz of melted, unsweetened chocolate (1 square). Spread the plain batter into the pan. Spoon the chocolate batter on top in clumps and then use a knife to swirl the dark and light batters together.

MOCHA SWIRL POUND CAKE

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 12-cup fluted tube pan with no-stick baking spray.
• MIX milk and vinegar together in medium bowl. Combine flour, baking soda and salt in separate medium bowl. Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed, until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and milk mixture to butter mixture, beating until blended.
• PLACE 1 cup batter in small bowl. Blend in 1/2 cup mocha cappuccino spread. Pour remaining vanilla batter into prepared pan. Top evenly with chocolate batter. Do not stir.
• BAKE 55 to 60 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely. Heat remaining 1/4 cup mocha cappuccino spread in microwave on HIGH for 30 to 45 seconds. Stir. Drizzle evenly over cake, allowing spread to run down sides of cake.