Devil´s Food Bundt Cake

Makes 2 cakes.

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup (120ml) hot water
1/2 cup (65g) cocoa powder
1/2 cup (120ml) Greek yogurt
1 1/2 cups (180g) all purpose flour
1 teaspoon (4g) baking powder
1 teaspoon (8g) baking soda
1/4 teaspoon (2g) salt
3/4 cups (170g) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups brown sugar
2 large egg, at room temperature
1 teaspoon (5ml) vanilla bean paste
1/2 cup (100g) dark chocolate chips

Chocolate glaze
1/3 cup (70g) dark chocolate chopped
1 tablespoon (15ml) unsalted butter
2 tablespoon (30ml) hot water
Pinch of salt

Tip: You can make your glaze with 1/2 cup (120ml) boiling heavy cream as she did instead of hot water and butter.

Bundt Quartet Pan 9 cups four cavities (5.5"x 5.5" x 2.39"cavity). To make this recipe you only need two cavities.

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven at 350ºF (175ºC). Position rack in the middle of the oven. Grease two cavities of a Quartet pan bundt cake pan with non stick baking spray. 

In a small bowl combine cocoa powder and hot water, whisk until smooth. Stir in the Greek yogurt until incorporate. Set aside.

In a separate bowl combine together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt, set aside.

Cream the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy for around 3-4 minutes with an electric mixer to medium speed. Next, whisk in eggs, one at a time, until combined. Stir in vanilla bean paste.

Reduce speed to low, add the flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with the cocoa powder mixture until well-combined. Fold the chocolate into the batter with a rubber spatula until incorporate.

Pour the batter into prepare pan and bake about 45-50 minutes or until a toothpick insert on the center of the cakes come out clean. 

Let the cakes to cool on a wire rack almost 10 minutes before removing from the pan.

Making the glaze

Melt the chocolate in a saucepan over a boiling water. When the chocolate is melted retire from heat. Add the hot water and butter and whisk until smooth. Let set up 5 minutes.

Pour the glaze over your cakes.

Recipe adapted from Everyday Food with Sarah Carey, Devil´s Food Bundt Cake 

Enjoy!!