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

                      CHOCOLATE BANAN
                      CHOCOLATE BANANA A

                                POUND CAKE E
                                POUND CAK

                      WITH CHOCOLATE CINNAMON GLAZE



                  ow you see them, now you
                                                                SERVES:  16
                  don’t. That applies to the           PREPARATION  TIME:  8  MINUTES

                    cinnamon chips, which dis-        BAKING  TIME:  38  TO  40  MINUTES
                                                          ASSEMBLY  TIME:  5  MINUTES
           appear as they bake into

           this cake, and it also
                                                               Vegetable oil spray for misting
           describes how slices
                                                                  the pan
           of this moist banana-                              Flour for dusting the pan
           fragrant cake will disappear as soon         2 ripe bananas
                                                   1 package (18.25 ounces) plain German
           as they are served. But that’s
                                                       chocolate cake mix
           hardly surprising. Begin with a Ger-    3 ⁄4 cup buttermilk
           man chocolate cake mix, add but-        1 ⁄2 cup vegetable oil
                                                   3 large eggs
           termilk, ripe bananas, and
                                                   1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
           cinnamon chips, and top the cake
                                                   1 cup cinnamon chips
           with a cocoa and cinnamon chip          Chocolate Cinnamon Glaze (page 451)
           glaze, and, well, you have magic fla-

           vors in the mouth!                       1. Place a rack in the center of the oven
                                                    and  preheat  the  oven  to  350°F.  Lightly
                                                    mist a 12-cup Bundt pan with vegetable
                                                    oil spray, then dust with flour. Shake out
                                                    the excess flour. Set the pan aside.
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