Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting This Chocolate Pound Cake gets its chocolate flavor from unsweetened cocoa powder. When adding the cocoa powder to the cake batter, we first dissolve it in boiling water to bring out its full flavor. Keyword: almond butter, cake, chocolate, vegan.

Ingredients of Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting

  1. It's 6 of eggs at room temperature.
  2. Prepare 3 sticks of salted butter at room temperature.
  3. Prepare 8 oz of sour cream at room temperature.
  4. You need 3 cups of cake flour, sifted twice.
  5. You need 3 cups of sugar, sifted twice.
  6. Prepare 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp of butter flavor.
  8. You need 1/2 tsp of vanilla.
  9. You need 1/2 pint of heavy cream.
  10. You need 10 oz of semisweet chocolate.
  11. Prepare 1 tsp of almond flavor.
  12. Prepare 1 cup of chopped almonds.

Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting instructions

  1. Cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy..
  2. Add eggs one at a time making sure to blend well after each egg..
  3. Add vanilla and butter favors..
  4. Mix baking soda with sifted flour..
  5. Add half of the flour to the butter and sugar and blend well..
  6. Add the sour cream and blend well..
  7. Add remaining flour and blend until light and fluffy..
  8. Grease and flour bunds cake pan. Pour batter into pan and bake in a oven preheated to 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours..
  9. Test for doneness by inserting a cake pick into the middle of cake..
  10. FROSTING: Heat heavy cream just to a boil..
  11. Break chocolate into pieces, add to cream and stir until melted..
  12. Add almond flavor..
  13. Let cool at room temperature. Chill in fridge for 30 minutes..
  14. Whisk until thickened to a spreadable consistency. Spread over entire cake and sprinkle with chopped almonds. Yummy !.
  15. Please note: all ingredients should be at room temperature, flour and sugar should be sifted twice for best density and height results..

Continue to make alternating layers of cake and frosting until all is used up, ending with a layer of chocolate to cover the entire cake. This Almond Butter Cake is the most delicious almond flavored butter cake. It's the perfect cake for a dinner party or having as a snack with coffee. If you're looking for more delicious cake recipes, you might also like to try my Chocolate Cheesecake Cake or this German Apple Cake. It conjures up bakeries with fluorescent lighting and dry yellow cake with tooth-achingly sweet buttercream balloons piped on top.

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