Chocolate Black Walnut Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Black Walnut Pound Cake
Yield: Yields 10 to 12 servings
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 4 eggs; Butter and flour for pan; ½ cup (118 ml) black walnuts, lightly toasted; 1 cup (202 g) sugar plus 2 tablespoons; 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup (235 ml) buttermilk; 4 ounces (115 g) semisweet chocolate, melted; ¼ teaspoon baking soda; 1¼ teaspoons baking powder; 1 cup (225 g) butter; ¼ teaspoon salt; 1¾ cups (160 g) sifted cake flour

Preparation info

Yields
10 to 12
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Bill Neal's Southern Cooking

By Bill Neal

Published 1985

About

The native black walnut trees were doubly important for early settlers. The hard, fine-grained wood was used in much of the better, and now prized, frontier furniture. The extremely oily nuts were often employed in cooking. The taste is pervasive, paling its cousin, the English walnut.

Ingredients

4 ounces (115 g) semisweet chocolate, melted
1 cup (225

Americas
United States
Cake
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C).

Measure all ingredients and bring to room temperature. Melt the chocolate in the top of a double boiler over hot water. Line the bottom of the loaf pan with brown paper. Grease the paper and the sides of the pan with butter and dust the whole inte