Bittersweet Chocolate-Walnut Bundt Cake
Source: adapted from Intensely Chocolate: 100 Scrumptious Recipes for True Chocolate Lovers by Carole Bloom
Total Steps
7
Ingredients
14
Tools Needed
10
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoon <a href="/WDBZPYYF">unsalted butter,</a> melted
- 0.33333298563957214 cup <a href="/DVK5XFXN">turbinado sugar</a>
- 1.25 cup <a href="/5XYDFFK2">walnuts,</a> finely chopped
- 3.5 cup <a href="/W7LCJR7C">all-purpose flour</a>
- 1 cup <a href="/2ZTRS84Y">unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa </a>powder
- 2 teaspoon <a href="/DFZK36N8">baking soda</a>
- 1.5 cup firmly packed <a href="/GHZ654L7">light brown sugar</a>
- 0.5 teaspoon <a href="/NPRCNNNP">sea salt</a>
- 0.5 teaspoon freshly grated <a href="/JWY2TSTS">nutmeg</a>
- 6 ounce bittersweet <a href="/MDXWSLDM">chocolate,</a> cut into small chunks
- 2.25 cup <a href="/HVVNVKXB">buttermilk</a>
- 1.5 cup <a href="/WC5JF3L4">sour cream</a>
- 1 teaspoon <a href="/SZC3QLP7">vanilla extract</a>
- 1 teaspoon <a href="/MDXWSLDM">chocolate </a>extract, optional
Instructions
Step 1
<a href="/H3S4YV46">Preheat oven </a>to 350 degree F and place a rack in the center of oven. <a href="/6BTCX64M"> Coat</a> inside of the pan with<a href="/LWS4TC42"> melted butter</a> using a pastry brush or paper towel. Sprinkle the sides and center of pan with turbinado sugar.
Step 2
Toast walnuts in the oven for 7 to 8 minutes, <a href="/DRM2WPZ4">stirring </a>often until the nuts are light golden. Remove from oven and<a href="/GZFHJC5K"> cool</a> on rack.
Step 3
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, and <a href="/RNT367Z2">baking </a>soda over a bowl. Add<a href="/D434P8MH"> brown</a> sugar,<a href="/DPSVTKVY"> salt</a>, and nutmeg, and toss to<a href="/S6W4FR7F"> blend</a> completely. Add the walnuts and bittersweet chocolate chunks an<a href="/DRM2WPZ4">d sti</a>r t<a href="/S6W4FR7F">o blen</a>d thoroughly.
Step 4
In a bowl of electric stand mixer, <a href="/S6W4FR7F">blend </a>thoroughly buttermilk, <a href="/3JV6BKBV">sour </a><a href="/R3P5MM3Z">cream,</a> vanilla, and chocolate <a href="/QQBJYYGF">extract </a>(if using) with a paddle attachment. Add the flour mixture in 4 stages,<a href="/S6W4FR7F"> blending</a> well after each addition. Stop often to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
Step 5
Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, then use a rubber spatula to smooth and even the <a href="/R34ZSY3M">top.</a> <a href="/RNT367Z2">Bake </a>for 35 to 38 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
Step 6
Remove the pan from the oven and <a href="/GZFHJC5K">cool </a>on a rack for 20 minutes. Invert the pan onto the rack and lift the pan off the cake. Let the cak<a href="/GZFHJC5K">e coo</a>l completely on the rack.
Step 7
<a href="/Y6MVNCHX">Serve </a>the cake at room temperature.