Mini Bundt Cakes
Recipe from Family Circle

Although these individual pound cakes are suppose to serve one, you may want to share with another guest. Each cake is drizzled with chocolate ganache and vanilla icing.


Mini Bundt Cakes

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Servings: Makes 6 servings.
Prep Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 50 mins

 
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Ingredients
  • 1 cup
    (2 sticks) butter or margarine, at room temperature
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  • 1-1/4 cups
    sugar
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  • eggs
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  • 2 teaspoons
    vanilla
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  • 1-1/2 cups
    all-purpose flour
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  • 1-1/2 teaspoons
    baking powder
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  • 1/2 teaspoon
    salt
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    Chocolate Ganache (recipe follows)
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    Decoration (optional):
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    Dark- or white-chocolate curls
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    Mini chocolate chips
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    Nonpareil candies
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Directions
1.
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Coat 6 mini Bundt cake pans with nonstick cooking spray.
2.
Beat butter in large bowl until creamy. Gradually beat in sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla.
3.
Mix flour, baking powder and salt in small bowl. Gradually beat flour mixture into butter mixture; beat on medium speed 3 minutes or until thick and creamy. Divide among prepared pans.
4.
Bake in 350 degree F oven 20 to 25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in centers comes clean. Let cakes cool in pan on wire rack 10 minutes. Gently loosen edges; remove to wire rack to cool completely.
5.
Drizzle with Chocolate Ganache. Decorate as desired. Makes 6 servings.

Chocolate Ganache
Bring 1-1/2 cups heavy cream in saucepan to boiling. Remove from heat. Add 6 squares (1 ounce each) bittersweet chocoIate and 6 squares semisweet chocolate; stir until smooth. Add 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla. Cover; let stand 30 minutes or until coating consistency (makes enough to coat 6 cakes, 1/2 cup per cake). If just drizzling cakes, reduce cream to 1/2 cup, and chocolate to 2 ounces each of bittersweet and semisweet chocolate (enough for 2 tablespoons per cake).

Chocolate Mini Bundt Cake Variation
Melt 4 squares (1 ounce each) unsweetened chocolate in small saucepan. Prepare cakes as above, beating in chocolate with vanilla (step 2). Bake as directed Drizzle with Confectionsers' Glaze.

Confectioners' Glaze
Beat 2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar, 2 to 2-1/2 tablespoons milk and 1/4 teaspoon salt in small bowl until smooth.

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