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Glazed Chocolate Bundt Cake - Lightened Up

Author America's Test Kitchen

Ingredients

  • CAKE
  • 3 oz. bittersweet chocolate chopped fine
  • 3/4 c. cocoa
  • 1 t. instant espresso powder
  • 1 c. boiling water
  • 1 3/4 c. all-purpose flour
  • 1 t. baking soda
  • 1 t. salt
  • 2 c. packed light brown sugar
  • 1/2 c. canola oil
  • 2 large eggs at room temperature
  • 1 T. vanilla extract
  • GLAZE
  • 1 c. confectioners' sugar
  • 1 T. skim milk
  • 1 T. vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  • FOR THE CAKE
  • Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Spray inside of 12-caup Bundt pan with vegetable oil cooking spray.
  • Combine chocolate, cocoa and instant espresso powder in large bowl, pour boiling water over top, and cover; let sit for 5 minutes to melt chocolate, then whisk smooth. In separate bowl, whisk flour, baking soda and salt together.
  • Beat melted chocolate mixture, sugar, oil, eggs and vanilla together with a hand mixer on high speed for 1 minute. Sift one-third of flour mixture over batter and whisk until just a few streaks of flour remain. Repeat twice more with remaining flour mixture, then continue to whisk batter gently until most lumps are gone (do not overmix).
  • Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth top. Gently tap on counter to settle batter. Bake until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 45-55 minutes, rotating pan halfway through baking. Remove cake from pan after 10 minutes of cooling on counter. Then allow cake to continue cooling on a baking rack, about 2 hours.
  • FOR THE GLAZE
  • Whisk all ingredients together in a bowl until smooth, then drizzle evenly over the top of the cooled cake. Let glaze set for about 15 minutes before serving.

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