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104 C H O C O L A T E P O U N D C A K E S

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven
and preheat the oven to 325°F. Lightly R
mist a 10-inch tube pan with vegetable oil
spray, then dust with flour. Shake out the the Cake Mix Doctor says
excess flour. Set the pan aside.
Notice the lower oven temperature for
2. Place the cake mix, cream cheese,
baking this cake. That’s because it is in a
water, oil, sugar, eggs, and vanilla in a
tube pan and needs to be baked slowly
large mixing bowl. Blend with an electric
to cook through.Also, if you cook a
mixer on low speed for 1 minute. Stop the
cake this big at 350°F, it will darken and
machine and scrape down the sides of
get crusty on the top and sides.
the bowl with a rubber spatula. Increase
You must use room-temperature, or
the mixer speed to medium and beat 2 min -
soft, cream cheese in this batter or it
utes more, scraping the sides down again will lump up. To quickly soften cold
if needed. The batter should look well cream cheese, unwrap it, place it on a
combined. Pour the batter into the pre- microwave-safe plate, and microwave
pared pan, smoothing it out with the rub- on high power for 30 seconds.
ber spatula. Place the pan in the oven. If you can’t find the butter recipe
fudge cake mix in your supermarket,
3. Bake the cake until it springs back
use a plain devil’s food cake mix, but
when lightly pressed with your finger and
3
increase the water to ⁄4 cup.
is just starting to pull away from the sides
of the pan, 58 to 62 minutes. Remove the
pan from the oven and place it on a wire
rack to cool for 20 minutes. Run a long, Store this cake, wrapped in aluminum
foil or plastic wrap, or in a cake saver,
sharp knife around the edge of the cake
and invert it onto a rack, then invert it at room temperature for up to 1 week. Or
freeze it, wrapped in foil, for up to 6 months.
onto another rack so that it is large side
up. Allow to cool for 20 minutes more. Thaw the cake overnight in the refrigerator
before serving.
4. Slide the cake onto a serving platter.
Slice and serve.