Chocolate-Ginger Pound Cake

Chocolate-Ginger Pound Cake
Chocolate-Ginger Pound Cake might be just the dessert you are searching for. One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 33g of fat, and a total of 636 calories. This recipe serves 12. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up eggs, crystallized ginger, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes.

Instructions

1
Place chocolate morsels in a small microwave-safe glass bowl. Microwave at HIGH 1 1/2 to 2 minutes or until melted and smooth, stirring at 30- second intervals.
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Beat butter at medium speed with a heavy-duty electric stand mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed until light and fluffy.
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3
Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
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Add melted chocolate, beating just until blended.
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Sift together flour and next 3 ingredients. Stir together buttermilk and crystallized ginger.
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Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla.
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Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
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8
Bake at 325 for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a long wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack 10 minutes.
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9
Remove cake from pan to wire rack, and cool 1 hour or until completely cool.
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To freeze: Wrap cooled cake tightly with plastic wrap. Wrap loosely with aluminum foil. Freeze up to 1 month.
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DifficultyMedium
Ready In20 m.
Servings12
Health Score4
Dish TypesSide Dish
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