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  • Chocolate Pound Cake with Peanut Butter Glaze
    • servings: 2
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    Summary

    We've dressed up our Classic Pound Cake recipe with chocolate and a peanut butter glaze.

    Ingredients

    2 1/4 cup all-purpose flour

    1 cup best-quality unsweetened cocoa powder

    1 tablespoon coarse salt

    4 sticks softened unsalted butter, plus more for pans

    2 cups sugar

    1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

    9 large, room-temperature eggs

    1/4 cup peanut butter

    5 to 6 tablespoons milk

    Instructions

    Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, and salt in a bowl.
    Cream butter and sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
    Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops.
    Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
    Make peanut butter glaze: Warm peanut butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add milk, and stir until smooth. Drizzle over cooled cakes.