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Scrumptious Walnut – Chocolate Bundt Cake

Written by Published on Updated on November 11, 2017 in Uncategorized

A few days ago a very dear friend of mine called me up to ask me if I was able to make a  cake for a small gathering that she was hosting on Friday night.  As  we were chatting away I asked her if she had a preference,  but I already knew that she was a chocolate lover. 🙂   So, two fantastic recipes popped into mind to choose from one was the Chocolate Almond Upside Down Cake or the Walnut – Chocolate Bundt Cake and the choice was obvious the latter. 🙂  

So, I took out my pots and pans and all my other little gadgets and got to work on it yesterday morning.  As I was making the cake I thought to myself ufff have to try the batter to see if its any good, as I mentioned previously me and chocolate not such a good mix hahahahaha, but what can I do!! I have to taste what I make and bake right!  and so I did and it was good. 🙂  Popped it into the oven, cleaned up the kitchen and off I went to make my next recipe, which I will be posting tomorrow or Monday not sure yet.  🙂

You will see that there is a glaze on the cake…unfortunately, I have difficulties in NL finding some ingredients to make the recipes that I want too.  I went to 3 different supermarkets and I could not find heavy cream, 🙁  so my glaze is store bought.  But I have added the ingredients for the glaze, because I am sure it exists elsewhere.  🙂

Last night I took over the cake, and it was a success…I was very happy that everyone loved it!! 🙂  and I hope you do too…:)

Mary thank you very much for a lovely evening!! 🙂

 

Ingredients:

2 cups softened butter

2 1/4 cups All-Purpose-Flour

1 teaspoon Salt

1 teaspoon Baking Soda

3/4 cup Cocoa Powder (unsweetened)

1/2 cup Milk

1/2 cup Sour Cream

1 1/2 cups Sugar

4 medium Eggs

2 teaspoons Vanilla extract

1 cup chopped Walnuts

Chocolate Glaze:

1/2 cup Cocoa powder (unsweetened)

1 cup Heavy Cream

2 tablespoon  Butter

 

Preparation:

 

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In a large bowl add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt.

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Whisk ingredients until all is nicely combined.  

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In a large bowl add the butter and sugar and beat until nice and fluffy…:)

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Add the sour cream and milk.

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Add in one egg and a time and continue beating, continue beating and add in 2 teaspoons of the vanilla extract.

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Add in the chopped walnuts.

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Continue combining by hand.  Fold batter into bundt form, or a baking pan that you prefer and even out the batter.  

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Bake for 60 minutes at medium to high heat. I still use the knife to be absolutely sure that the batter has been baked.  A few years ago had a small mishap with the cake batter tester. and I never used it again. 🙂

As for the glaze, mine is store bought but it really is very simple to make..just warm the heavy cream fold in the cocoa powder and butter and whisk until it has a soft smooth texture, once the cake has cooled off pour the glaze on slowly.

Kali Orexi!!!

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

35 Comments

  1. jyo
    November 11, 2017 at 1:12 pm  ·  Reply

    Perfect treat for the weekend ✔✔ looks super yumm ❣❣

  3. juliehcares
    November 11, 2017 at 2:56 pm  ·  Reply

    Looks amazing!

  4. sunytammy
    November 11, 2017 at 4:30 pm  ·  Reply

    I love chocolate cake and this one looks delicious….Thank you Sophie

  5. mistimaan
    November 11, 2017 at 5:58 pm  ·  Reply

    Loved your yummy recipe 🙂

  6. Vero and Canito in the kitchen
    November 11, 2017 at 8:16 pm  ·  Reply

    Amazing cake, Sophie! 😉❤️

  7. dtills
    November 11, 2017 at 8:57 pm  ·  Reply

    ooh, chocolate!! Yum!

  8. Karin, theaustriandish
    November 12, 2017 at 10:38 am  ·  Reply

    Wow, that looks really great. I’d love to have piece, Sophie 🙂

  9. Megala
    November 14, 2017 at 6:28 am  ·  Reply

    Wow ! This looks absolutely delicious & tempting !!

  10. PS
    November 14, 2017 at 11:31 pm  ·  Reply

    Looks so delicious and tempting!!!!!!!!! Perfect..

  11. Marcia Strykowski
    November 15, 2017 at 1:16 am  ·  Reply

    This looks so delicious!

  12. a little Swiss, a little Canadian
    November 22, 2017 at 2:38 am  ·  Reply

    So yummy! Walnuts and chocolate are such a great combination!😋😍

  13. Margaret from soulfood101blog
    November 24, 2017 at 3:17 pm  ·  Reply

    I have to go eat now LOL I don’t have all the ingredients but I do have all the ingredients for the glaze, and I am half tempted to make it and find something to dip in it 😉

  14. orlando788
    January 17, 2018 at 8:37 am  ·  Reply

    Oh my god! this chocolate cake looks divine!! mouth watering 🙂

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