Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting

Name: Butter pound cake with chocolate almond frosting
Total time: 5400 s
Yield: 24 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 6 eggs at room temperature; 3 sticks salted butter at room temperature; 8 oz sour cream at room temperature; 3 cups cake flour, sifted twice; 3 cups sugar, sifted twice; 1/4 tsp baking soda; 1/2 tsp butter flavor; 1/2 tsp vanilla; 1/2 pint heavy cream; 10 oz semisweet chocolate; 1 tsp almond flavor; 1 cup chopped almonds

Kdurden2325 @cook_4438223

This is a traditional pound cake recipe covered in rich chocolate with almonds.
A timeless dessert that combines the density of pound cake and the richness of chocolate.
YUMMY !

Kdurden2325 @cook_4438223

This is a traditional pound cake recipe covered in rich chocolate with almonds.
A timeless dessert that combines the density of pound cake and the richness of chocolate.
YUMMY !

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Ingredients

90 mins

24 servings

6eggs at room temperature
3 stickssalted butter at room temperature
8 ozsour cream at room temperature
3 cupscake flour, sifted twice
3 cupssugar, sifted twice
1/4 tspbaking soda
1/2 tspbutter flavor
1/2 tspvanilla
1/2 pintheavy cream
10 ozsemisweet chocolate
1 tspalmond flavor
1 cupchopped almonds

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Steps

90 mins

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 !
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Please note: all ingredients should be at room temperature, flour and sugar should be sifted twice for best density and height results.