Ingredients
Cake:
- Vegetable oil cooking spray
- 2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt
- 2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup mascarpone cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Directions
Icing:
- 1/4 cup pasteurized egg white product (recommended: All Whites)
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup brewed coffee, cooled
For the cake: Place an oven rack in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a non-stick 9-by-5-inch loaf pan with vegetable oil cooking spray. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar on high speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, until smooth. Add the mascarpone cheese, oi, and vanilla and mix well. With the mixer running on low speed, gradually add the flour mixture until incorporated. Increase the speed to high and beat for 1 minute until the mixture forms a thick batter. Transfer the batter to the prepared loaf pan and bake for 60 to 65 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached. Cool in the pan for 30 minutes. Remove the cake from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack, about 2 hours.
For the icing: In a large bowl, using a high powered hand mixer on medium speed, beat the egg white product until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and beat until the mixture forms soft peaks. Gradually beat in the sugar. With the mixer running on low speed, drizzle the coffee into the egg whites (the mixture will become liquid). Increase the speed to high and beat for 3 to 4 minutes until smooth and thick. Place the icing in a serving bowl.
Cut the pound cake into thin slices and serve with a dollop of icing.
Cook's Note: In place of the brewed coffee, use 1/4 cup hot water mixed with 1 tablespoon of instant coffee granules.
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By lindavirgo_251552
Woodbury, CT
on April 25, 2013
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Sounded and looked good but it was awful. Very dry. Had to throw it out.
By guycookinoc
on July 13, 2012
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I just finished my attempt at this recipe. I had to check the reviewer comments here for the very same reason others have posted their comments. My icing is liquid and the cake collapsed. I have made a number of recipes from the site and just assumed that this one would turn out just as wonderfully as the other dishes I have made. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I am surprised at the poor quality of this recipe since I assumed that it was tested in the Food Network kitchen before it is posted to their site. Oh well, overall I am very pleased with most of the other recipes. Giada, can you explain what you may have done differently from what is posted here so we too can make a delicious chocolate pound cake?
By Hudson Pernod
Cape Coral, FL
on January 16, 2012
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I wish I had read these reviews before baking the cake. I am bringing dessert to a dinner party this evening and will be stopping at the grocery store for something bought. I followed the recipe to the letter and had the same problems others did: cake overdone around the edges but collapsed in the middle, and icing that is pure liquid. Before I tried a second batch of the icing I checked these reviews and decided not to waste any more time or money. A LOSER!!
Note added later: in desperation I did take this cake to the dinner party, inspired by one reviewer's idea of crumbling it over ice cream. I expected an overly wet texture when I cut into the cake, since it had fallen. Instead it was dry as an overbaked brownie. Only the moisture of the ice cream made it (barely edible.
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