Boiled Chocolate Delight Cake

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda 
• 0.5 cup butter softened
• 2  eggs 
• 2.3 cups flour all-purpose
• 1.3 tablespoons ground cinnamon 
• 1.5 cups milk 
• 0.8 cup cocoa powder unsweetened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 
• 0.5 cup walnuts chopped
• 1.5 cups sugar white

Equipment

• bowl
• knife
• wire rack
• pot
• blender
• aluminum foil
• kugelhopf pan

Directions

1. Thoroughly grease bottom and sides of a 2-quart heat proof mold or 9 inch bundt pan.
2. Sprinkle with white sugar and tap out excess.
3. n large mixer bowl, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy.
4. Add eggs and blend well.
5. In separate bowl, stir together flour, cocoa, cinnamon and baking soda; add to butter mixture alternately with milk until well blended. Stir in the chopped nuts.
6. Spoon batter into a greased mold. Cover with piece of greased aluminum foil, greased side down. Fold down edges of foil around rim; fasten securely with string.
7. Place a rack in la large kettle or pot; pour in water to top of rack.
8. Heat water to boiling; place mold on rack. Reduce heat. Cover kettle and steam cake over simmering water for hour and 25 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. (
9. Add water, as needed, during steaming to keep water at rack level.)
10. Remove mold from kettle; cool 10 minutes on wire rack. Run tip of sharp knife around edges; invert on serving plate.
11. Serve hot accompanied with sauces of your choice.