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This was one of those posts that almost didn’t happen, a deadline that almost wasn’t made thanks to a nasty little bug called norovirus. You may have heard about it? Well, let me tell you first hand that I have never been so sick in all my life. The other thing is that it’s scary contagious! I started showing symptoms in the morning two days ago and less than 12 hours later Maddy started vomiting. Mike followed Maddy an hour after that. We quarantined Molly at my in-laws house in the hopes that she wouldn’t get sick but shortly thereafter, my mother-in-law got sick also. So home Molly came. So far it seems that she’s escaped this awfulness.
Fortunately I’m on an upswing and Maddy is already back to her old self but boy oh boy, it was a rough couple days. Nothing like being sick and having to take care of the entire household. But that’s what being a mom is, right? As awful as I felt as I was trying to manage to still take care of everything and everyone, Maddy made it all worthwhile with one sentence. This morning Maddy said to me, “Mommy, thank you for rescuing me and making me feel better.” That little girl made my whole day. I’m so glad to know that I was able to make her feel safer during what was definitely a scary time for her.
In the last two days I haven’t really eaten anything but now that I’m back to normal food is finally starting to look appetizing again. Especially this chocolate cake! This isn’t any chocolate cake though. This is red wine chocolate cake. For my version I used Quitapenas Malaga, a dessert wine that pairs nicely with cheeses, figs, orange, dates, and chocolate. It has notes of honey, caramel and raisin. I’ve had wines with chocolate before so why not wine in chocolate? You can use any red wine you like. This cake is moist, has a deep, chocolate flavor and is paired with a slightly sweetened mascarpone whipped cream. This is easily one of the best cakes I’ve ever made and I would kill for a piece of it right now.
Need some more inspiration? Here are all the other decadent chocolate cakes made for BundtaMonth this month!
Chocolate Berry Bundt Cake by Heather from Hezzi D’s Books and Cooks Chocolate Bundt Cake with Balsamic Strawberry Sauce by Alice from Hip Foodie Mom Chocolate Chobani Bundt Cake by Carrie from Poet In The Pantry Chocolate Espresso Bundt Cake by Holly from A Baker’s House Chocolate Mini Bundts with Matcha Flowers by Kim from Ninja Baking Chocolate Raspberry Swirl Bundt Cake by Anita from Hungry Couple Chocolate Rocky Road Bundt Cake by Tara from Noshing With The Nolands Chocolate Turtle Bundt Cake by Kim from Cravings Of A Lunatic Deep Chocolate Be Mine Bundt by Stacy from Food Lust People Love Double Chocolate Swirled Bundt Cake by Laura from The Spiced Life Chocolate Peanut Butter Layered Bundt Cake by Karen from In The Kitchen With KP Red Wine Chocolate Bundt Cake with Mascarpone Whipped Cream by Kate from Food Babbles Sour Cream Chocolate Bundt Cake by Renee from Magnolia Days Quadruple Chocolate Bundt Cake by Dorothy from Shockingly Delicious Vanilla and Chocolate Marble Bundt Cake by Anuradha from Baker Street White Chocolate Raspberry Bundt Cake by Paula from Vintage Kitchen
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Enjoy!
~K
A deep chocolate cake with undertones of cinnamon and wine topped with sweetened mascarpone whipped cream.
Ingredients
- 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate
- 1 3/4 cups brown sugar
- 10 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 3 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup red wine
- 1/3 cup whole milk
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup mascarpone cheese
- 1 cup chilled heavy cream
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray a 10-cup bundt pan with non-stick cooking spray or grease and flour. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, melt the chocolate and set aside to cool to room temperature.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the brown sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs and beat until combined. Add the cooled chocolate and mix until incorporated.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the mixing bowl. Pour in the wine, milk and vanilla extract. Beat on medium speed just until combined, scraping down the sides as necessary.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake for 45-55 minutes, until a tester inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes in the pan before turning out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- In a medium bowl, whip together the mascarpone, heavy cream, sugar and vanilla until soft peaks form.
Notes
Adapted from Martha Stewart
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Oh, this by far my favorite cake! I made a few chocolate cakes with red wine and I think they´re so amazing. But I never used this type of dessert wine, will have to try asap. By the way, the name of the wine is very fitting, considering that nasty virus, in spanish it means something like `sorrow remover´. I´m pinning this recipe!
Thanks for the pin Paula! And I’m so happy to hear you like this cake so much!! You made my day.
Wine in the cake? That sounds about perfect! I’m so sorry about the norovirus. Some of that went around at work and you’re right, it’s crazy contagious. In fact, I remember an episode of it in our house when the kids were much younger and it’s so hard to take care of everyone when you feel like crud, too. You have my sympathies! Glad to hear you’re on the mend and your appetite is back!
Thanks Carrie! It was really my favorite bundt so far. Thanks for the sympathy too!
I love eating chocolate when I’m drinking red wine. They pair so nicely together. Thanks so much for sharing this recipe. I can’t wait to bake it.
Glad you and your family are feeling better.
Hope you enjoy this if you do bake it Renee! Thank you for the well wishes too.
I am a food safety inspector for my day job, so I totally understand what you went through. Foodborne illness is no joke, and all around horrible! I am so sorry to hear everyone was sick, I am glad to hear you all are on the upswing:-) I love the idea red wine in your chocolate bundt cake, it sounds amazing! I have never had that brand of wine, I will look for it, thank you for sharing! Sending big hugs, Terra
Thanks Terra! I’m glad you liked this cake. And yes, this stomach virus was no joke at all. Ugh! So glad that’s all over. I hope to never experience that again.
That was one nasty virus but I am glad you are all on the mend. Bless your little daughter for expressing her thanks so sweetly. That is one beautiful cake and I’ll bet the wine adds an unbelievable richness and depth to the chocolate!
Thank you Stacy! The wine really was perfection in this cake. And oh my little girl, bless her heart. She’s such a sweetie when she wants to be.
I love your little girl’s comment about you rescuing her, that is lovely! Glad you are all feeling better. You cake sounds incredible. I have had cupcakes with red wine in them before, and I have a dessert wine that would be fabulous in your recipe. Thank you for sharing this lovely recipe, and for introducing me to the Bundt a Month Club
Thank you April! Ooo… cupcakes with red wine sound gooooood! I might have to experiment with that. Hope you’ll join in on BundtaMonth with us!
That virus is a doozy. Glad to hear you’re feeling better. This cake looks amazing!
Thank you Jennie!
Oh no! So sorry to hear you guys were sick. I know what you mean about the whole household going down. Same here, if one get sick – the rest follows. But this cake! Oh my! I got this pan for my birthday last month and I have been itching to use it. I LOVE your red wine chocolate pairing for this cake. And it’s so gorgeous!!!
It’s my new favorite pan! It makes everything look gorgeous with all those swirls. And thank you!! I’m so happy you like this cake!
Thanks so much for linking up to my Super Saturday Show & Tell today! Beautiful photography… and I’m sure it’s to-die-for
xoxo~ Ruthie
Thank you for hosting Ruthie! And thank you for the compliment on my photography!!
Glad you are feeling better and you were able to pull off this gorgeous bundt. I love it!
Thank you Tara!
Kate, your bundt is gorgeous!!! so pretty! I love your bundt pan! the cake is stunning. Seriously! And YOUR photos look great! you don’t need any pointers at all!
Love this post and wow, I am in awe that you even baked this month after being sick like that. I’m so glad you and your family are feeling better and love what your daughter said to you. So precious!
I’ve never baked with wine in my cake. . can’t wait to try this recipe!!
I hope you like it if you make it Alice! And thank you so much for all your very kind words
Kate..I’m so glad to hear you’re better now. I’ve never heard of the norovirus, but now that I’ve typed it..I’ll probably get it lol I was not sick..no colds..nothing, for 5 years. then, BOOM, I started catching everything under the sun! I think it’s cyclical. That said..beautiful bundt! I think I’m going to try and get one in this month (knock wood). I only hope it looks as gorgeous as yours, since I rarely make bundts. Here’s to no pan sticking, like my last one – all of those pretty bundt pan nooks and crannies! ARGH!
Oh goodness! Well be careful Lisa because it is running rampant here in Jersey. I have NEVER been so sick in all my life! I hope you don’t get it. And thank you! I’m so happy you like this cake
And good luck on yours! I have had plenty stick to the pan and break when coming out. You should get a Nordic Ware pan and some Bak-klene ZT spray. I haven’t had anything stick since making those two changes.
I forgot to add..how cute and heart-melting what Maddy said to you, is. I’m not a Mommy yet..but I choked up just a wee bit ;D
Oh I know! She melted my heart with that comment. It was so sweet
I have been meaning to make a red wine chocolate cake for a while now. Yours is gorgeous. That pan is one of my favorites.
Thank you Laura! And that pan is definitely going to be my favorite I think
I have one more new one that I got for Christmas to try out too!
good looking cake there Kate, never thought of red wine in a cake, so glad you are all feeling better, that is one nasty icky bug to get. Esp. the kids, your daughter’s comment of rescuing her was so cute!!!
Aww, Maddy melted my heart with that comment. And yes, it was terrible! We were all so violently ill. I wish Maddy hadn’t gotten it and I am so glad Molly didn’t get it. Thank goodness!!
Oh my gosh that photograph is simply beautiful.
Thank you Karen! I’m so glad you like it.
Wow I have never seen such a beautiful bundt cake…this is gorgeous:). I love the shape of your pan . Red wine and chocolate all the goodness in one cake!
Thank you so much Nina! I am so happy to hear you like this cake. It is so tasty!
WOW! WOW!! This looks to die for! I am a first time visitor and so glad I found your blog. Following on FB too
I invite you to come link your ideas to my party every week- http://atozebracelebrations.com/2013/01/link-party-5.html
Nancy
Thanks for coming over and saying hello! I’m so happy you like this cake. I also look forward to checking out your link party! Thanks for the invite.
All of it is gorgeous. Where do I get the pan? this is pinned.
I’m so happy you like this cake Angela! I got my pan at Williams-Sonoma. It’s a NordicWare pan and the cake practically slides right out of the pan. It’s my new favorite! As is this cake.
Ugh yuck and I hope you all are over whatever it was. Being sick is terrible but having the whole family sick at once is the worst!
But to the cake – and what a cake! Stunning! And I am so intrigued by the addition of red wine that I have to make this myself!
Fortunately, we are all well here again. It was a terrible ordeal but a quick one. I’m so delighted you like this cake. It’s one of my favorites. I hope you enjoy it!
Must.Make.This.Cake. Oh my, it just looks so very wonderful! Thanks for the recipe! (I saw you over on Salt Tree).
Angie from http://www.marigoldmom.com
Thank you Angie! I’m so glad you like this. It really is one of my favorite cakes I’ve made to date.
I almost got this pan. SO wish I had, I love it! And this cake looks so good! Bundt cakes are my fav, so is mascarpone! How did you know?!
It’s DEFINITELY my new favorite pan! It make every cake look like something special. And oh, that mascarpone whipped cream is spectacular with this cake! So happy to hear you like this cake.