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2
tablespoons boiling water
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1
tablespoon instant espresso coffee powder
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3/4
cup whipping cream
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1
tablespoon light-color corn syrup
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8
ounces special dark baking chocolate or semisweet chocolate, finely chopped (about 1-1/3 cups)
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1
16 ounce loaf prepared or frozen pound cake*, thawed
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1/4
cup orange juice or 2 tablespoons orange juice with 2 tablespoons orange liqueur
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1
cup whipping cream, whipped, or 2 cups frozen whipped dessert topping, thawed
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1/2
cup pistachio nuts, chopped
1. In a very small bowl, combine boiling water and espresso powder. Set aside.
2. For chocolate sauce: In a small heavy saucepan, combine the 3/4 cup whipping cream and the corn syrup. Bring to boiling; remove from heat. Stir in espresso mixture. Add chocolate all at once. Let mixture stand, covered, for 4 minutes. Whisk until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Cover to keep warm.
3. Cut pound cake into eight 3/4-inch-thick slices.* Poke each slice several times with the tines of a fork. Drizzle orange juice evenly over cake slices.
4. For a charcoal grill, place cake slices on the rack of an uncovered grill directly over medium-hot coals. Grill for 2 to 4 minutes or until toasted and heated through, turning once halfway through grilling. (For a gas grill, preheat grill. Reduce heat to medium-high. Place cake slices on grill rack over heat. Grill, uncovered, as above.)
5. Serve grilled cake slices with whipped cream, pistachio nuts, and chocolate sauce. Makes 8 servings.
- Tip *If the prepared pound cake is larger than 16 ounces, save the leftover cake for another use.
- Servings Per Recipe 8,
- Calories 594,
- Protein (gm) 7,
- Carbohydrate (gm) 52,
- Fat, total (gm) 43,
- Cholesterol (mg) 199,
- Saturated fat (gm) 25,
- Monosaturated fat (gm) 14,
- Polyunsaturated fat (gm) 3,
- Dietary Fiber, total (gm) 3,
- Sugar, total (gm) 32,
- Sodium (mg) 249,
- Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet
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You could get the same results with Hersey syrup and Cool Whip but less effort. It's not bad but we didn't get the espresso flavor. Fresh whipped cream helped and I liked how the cake carmelized a little on the grill. Next time I'll add more coffee and try to make the chocolate sauce not so sweet. This is a basic recipe you can modify to suit your tastes. It needed something else, maybe fruit or more zing somehow. I'm interested to hear what others have done with this recipe.
8/17/2011 08:47:09 PM Report Abusesounds interesting, I don't see the calorie count here though
5/3/2010 11:19:07 AM Report Abuse