Red Wine Chocolate Cake

adapted from Bi Rite Market’s Eat Good Food Cookbook via Shutterbean

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Makes 1 bundt cake- serves 10

For the cake
1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, plus more for the pan
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup red wine
2 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the pan
1 3/4 cups sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
2 large eggs
1/2 cup greek yogurt (or sour cream)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

For the glaze:
4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 1/2 tablespoons corn syrup
1/4 cup red wine
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 1/2 tablespoons sugar

Make the cake:

Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 10- or 12-cup Bundt pan and set aside.

In a small saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa powder, salt, and wine and put over medium heat. Cook, stirring, just until melted and combined. Remove from the heat and set aside.

Put the flour, sugar, and baking soda in a large bowl and whisk to blend. Add half of the melted-butter mixture and whisk until completely blended (it will be very thick). Add the remaining butter mixture and whisk. Add the eggs one at a time, whisking each to blend completely before adding the next. Whisk in the yogurt and vanilla until smooth.

Pour the mixture into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes.

Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes and then invert onto a rack. Let cool completely before making the glaze.

Make the glaze:

Put the chopped chocolate and corn syrup in a medium bowl and set aside.

Combine the heavy cream, wine and sugar in a small saucepan and put over medium heat. Stir constantly until hot and the sugar is dissolved. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate and whisk until melted and smooth. Refrigerate for 30 min or until the glaze is thick enough to ooze down sides of the cake.