Red Wine Cake

14 Reviews

“This is my interpretation of a cake my friend in Germany has traditionally every year. It's delicious! You may adorn it with icing, candy or fruit. We like to frost it with buttercream frosting.” - by Harmony Dame

Ingredients

1 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
4 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 (12 ounce) package semisweet chocolate chips
2 teaspoons baking powder
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup red wine
4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder

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Directions

Preheat oven to 360 degrees F (170 degrees C). Grease an 9 inch cake pan.
In a large bowl, mix butter, sugar and eggs until smooth and creamy; add the vanilla and chocolate chips and mix well.
In a small bowl, mix baking powder and flour; add to creamed mixture.
Add red wine and mix well, but not for too long. Add cocoa powder to taste.
Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes to 1 hour; let cool and decorate. Serve.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (8 total)

Calories
686 cal
34%

Fat
38.8 g
60%

Carbs
80.8 g
26%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Reviews (14)

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Sola

Oct. 17, 2007

"This is delicious-- almost has the consistency of a chocolate chip muffin, so I don't think frosting is necessary...." See more"

SPARKYSATORU

Feb. 13, 2005

"The cake was very dense and needed the frosting that I added. It was good but not sure I would make it again real soon...." See more"

MeganPie

Feb. 16, 2010

"Potential! The flavor complexity of the red wine & chocolate was great, I would make sure to use a full-bodied wine with chocolate or berry notes. Mine too came out thick and dry, but I'm 100% sure..." See more I've figured out why: I tried to cream the butter sugar & eggs together at the same time and all the liquid made the butter clump so I over beat it and the eggs filled out. I bet if I creamed the butter and sugar THEN gradually added the eggs I could get that thick gooey brownie-like consistency in the picture. I'll keep trying!"

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