Chocolate Merlot Cake Recipe

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Chocolate Merlot Cake
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Ingredients
12
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Nutrition
17
Calories
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Ingredients:

  • 2 cups (250 g/1/2 lb) flour
  • 3/4 cup (100 g/3 1/4 oz) cocoa
  • 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup (175 g/6 oz) butter
  • 1 3/4 cup (350 g/15 oz) sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/4 cups (300 ml/1/2 pt ) well-rounded red wine
  • confectioners' sugar (for sprinkling )
  • 1/2 cup (125 g/4 oz) concord grape jelly
  • 2 to 3 tbsp red wine

Directions:

  1. 1. Heat the oven to 350°F (175°C/Gas 4). Butter the cake pans, line each pan with a round of parchment paper, and brush again with butter. Sprinkle the pans with flour, discarding the excess. Sift flour with the cocoa, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.
  2. 2. Cream the butter in an electric mixer, beat in the sugar, and continue beating until the mixture is light and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Add the eggs, one by one, and then the vanilla, and continue beating 1 to 2 minutes. Sift a third of the flour over the butter mixture and fold them together, using a spoon. Fold in a third of the wine. Add the remaining flour and wine alternately in two batches.
  3. 3. Spread batter in the prepared pans and bake in the oven until the cakes start to shrink from the sides of the pan, 30 to 35 minutes; a metal skewer inserted in the center should come out clean. Let the cakes cool 10 minutes in the pans, then turn them out on a rack to cool completely.
  4. 4. Meanwhile make the wine jelly: Melt the jelly with the wine over low heat, stirring gently until combined. Let it cool.
  5. 5. Shortly before serving, sandwich the cake with the cooled jelly. Sprinkle the top with confectioners' sugar and transfer the cake to a plate to serve.
  6. Recipes are reprinted from Cooking with Wine by Anne Willan, published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. In association with COPIA, The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 17.17 Kcal (72 kJ)
Calories from fat 7.61 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0.85g 1%
Cholesterol 27.54mg 9%
Sodium 242.17mg 10%
Potassium 15.99mg 0%
Total Carbs 0.56g 0%
Sugars 0.29g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.01g 0%
Protein 0.99g 2%
Iron 0.2mg 1%
Calcium 5.7mg 1%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 135.54 Kcal (567 kJ)
Calories from fat 60.04 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 6.67g 1%
Cholesterol 217.39mg 9%
Sodium 1911.22mg 10%
Potassium 126.23mg 0%
Total Carbs 4.42g 0%
Sugars 2.28g 1%
Dietary Fiber 0.11g 0%
Protein 7.84g 2%
Vitamin C 0.1mg 0%
Iron 1.2mg 1%
Calcium 44.6mg 1%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 0.4
    Points
  • 0
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

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