Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted,cup turbinado sugar,1 1/4 cups walnuts, finely chopped,3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour,1 cup unsweetened Dutch-processed cocoa powder,2 teaspoons baking soda,1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar,1/2 teaspoon sea salt,1/2 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg,6 ounces bittersweet chocolate, cut into small chunks,2 1/4 cups buttermilk,1 1/2 cups sour cream,1 teaspoon vanilla extract,1 teaspoon chocolate extract, optional
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degree F and place a rack in the center of oven. Coat inside of the pan with melted butter using a pastry brush or paper towel.
- Sprinkle the sides and center of pan with turbinado sugar.
- Toast walnuts in the oven for 7 to 8 minutes, stirring often until the nuts are light golden.
- Remove from oven and cool on rack.
- Sift the flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda over a bowl.
- Add brown sugar, salt, and nutmeg, and toss to blend completely.
- Add the walnuts and bittersweet chocolate chunks and stir to blend thoroughly.
- In a bowl of electric stand mixer, blend thoroughly buttermilk, sour cream, vanilla, and chocolate extract (if using) with a paddle attachment.
- Add the flour mixture in 4 stages, blending well after each addition. Stop often to scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl with a rubber spatula.
- Transfer the batter to the prepared pan, then use a rubber spatula to smooth and even the top.
- Bake for 35 to 38 minutes, until a cake tester inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Remove the pan from the oven and cool on a rack for 20 minutes. Invert the pan onto the rack and lift the pan off the cake.
- Let the cake cool completely on the rack.
- Serve the cake at room temperature.
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