{"id":159,"date":"2016-09-07T12:22:09","date_gmt":"2016-09-07T19:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baking.lifeontheridge.com\/?p=159"},"modified":"2016-09-07T12:22:09","modified_gmt":"2016-09-07T19:52:09","slug":"a-pound-cake-for-mauricio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baking.lifeontheridge.com\/?p=159","title":{"rendered":"A Pound Cake for Mauricio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two weeks ago Coach Mauricio pointed out that I had never made him a pound cake. The horror! I had brought in a pound cake for Coach Morgan and had completely forgotten that Mauricio would also be there. (My mother is probably so disappointed in me.)<\/p>\n

I asked Mauricio what kind of pound cake he would like. He asked what kinds I make. Ummm, seriously? Give me a challenge.<\/p>\n

Mauricio prefers something more streamlined. Simple. Straight forward.<\/p>\n

With rum. Lots of rum. Something with a kick.<\/p>\n

Being me, I could not just leave it at rum. There needed to a contrast in there somewhere, hence the hint of chocolate.<\/p>\n

Fingers crossed that he approves.<\/p>\n

\"mauriciocake\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Te Trong Pound Cake<\/p>\n

Cake:
\n6 eggs
\n3 cups sugar
\n3 cups flour
\n1\/3 cup cocoa powder (I used Ghiradelli)
\n1 teaspoon baking powder
\n1\/2 teaspoon salt
\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n1\/3 cup rum (use your favorite, I opted for Appleton)
\n2\/3 cup milk
\n2 sticks butter<\/p>\n

additional 1\/3 cup of rum<\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour bundt pan.<\/p>\n

Combine dry ingredients in a bowl. In a larger bowl, beat eggs for two minutes, slowly add sugar, then extract, then the rum. Add in the dry ingredients.<\/p>\n

In a small saucepan, melt butter in the milk. Do not allow to boil! As soon as the butter is melted, slowly pour this into your batter and mix well.<\/p>\n

The batter will be thin. Pour into prepared bundt pan and bake for one hour. Test the cake for doneness with a toothpick. You want to see a few moist crumbs clinging to it.<\/p>\n

Remove cake from oven and allow to cool for ten minutes before inverting onto cake plate. Immediately after removing the cake from the oven, slowly pour 1\/3 cup rum over the cake.<\/p>\n

glaze:
\n1\/2 cup butter
\n1 cup sugar
\n1\/4 cup water
\n1\/4 cup rum<\/p>\n

Bring all 4 ingredients to a boil in a saucepan. Cook for 2 minutes. Pour immediately over cake.<\/p>\n

I put the cake on a cooling rack over a baking pan when I do this to catch all the drips. \u00a0Every few minutes I pour those drips back over the cake until they are almost all absorbed. \u00a0Hey, I am not wasting any of the glaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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