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Bittersweet chocolate pound cake

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Ingredients:
6 ozChocolate, unsweetened
2 cupFlour
1 tspBaking soda
3/4 tspBaking powder
2 tbspInstant coffee
2 tbspWater, hot
Water, cold
2 cupSugar
1 cupButter, softened
1 tspVanilla extract
3 Eggs
RICH CHOCOLATE GLAZE
1 ozChocolate, unsweetened
1 cupSugar, confectioners
3 tbspButter, softened
1/2 tspVanilla extract
1 tbspWater, hot tap, to 2 T
Procedures:
1Preheat oven to 325°F. over hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate bars, stirring until smooth.
2In small bowl combine flour, baking soda and baking powder; set aside.
3In 2-cup glass measure, dissolve instant coffee in hot water; add cold water to measure 1-?cups.
4in a large mixer bowl, beat sugar, butter and vanilla until creamy.
5Beat in eggs one at a time.
6Beat at high speed 5 minutes.
7Stir in melted chocolate.
8Add flour mixture alternately with coffee mixture.
9Pour batter into greased and floured 10-inch bundt pan or angel food cake pan.
10bake 65-70 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.
11Cool in pan 30 minutes; remove from pan and cool completely.
12Drizzle with rich chocolate glaze.
13glaze: over hot (not boiling) water, melt chocolate, stirring until smooth.
14In the small mixer bowl, combine melted chocolate, confec- tioners" sugar, butter and vanilla.
15At low speed, gradually beat in water until smooth.
16Drizzle over cake.
17[ nestle"s package wrapper ]