This cake knocked my socks off! It was a very pleasant surprise.
The name intrigued me, but also made me a little wary. Nutty, chocolately, swirly, and sour cream all in a bundt cake? Sounded high maintenance. But it turned to be very simple.
I substituted yogurt for the sour cream, and went heavy on the swirl spices, nuts, and chocolate chips that get layered in the batter. I quartered the recipe and baked it in a mini loaf pan. It was the perfect amount.
It smells lovely baking! Not just normal baking good, but licking the air good. It's an incredibly moist cake with a nice crispy top. I put in two layers of swirl. Perhaps I was being dense tonight, but I didn't quite understand Dorie's directions for making an indentation in the batter with the back of a spoon in the middle of the bundt cake pan...don't bundt cake pans have a hollow center? So I just did two layers - simple and it got the job done.
11 comments:
Looks luscious! Nicely done.
I love this recipe too..I have made this cake a dozen times using my Grandmas recipe! I loved the chocolate in this one! Yours looks so good! Im glad you loved it too!!
looks sososo moisty! wonderful!
Yummy! Almost looks like you topped it with ganache! :)
YUM! This cake looks fabulous!
Thank you for baking along with me!
I agree, it was a very pleasant surprise. Yours looks really good and I like the idea of using a loaf pan.
so glad you enjoyed it -- I did too!! Especially that yummy swirl!!
Your cake looks devine - and you are right, this cake knocks your socks off.
Your little loaf looks great - I think you did the right thing in making your swirl layers. The indentation thing didn't work so well for some of us!
"licking the air good" - I second that description! Lovely cake.
All your filling only makes it more appealing. I thought the filling was delicious.
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