German Chocolate Pound Cake

• 1 (4 ounce) package sweet baking chocolate
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine, softened
• 1 3/4 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 egg yolk
• 2 3/4 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• For the glaze
• 1 (4 ounce) package sweet baking chocolate
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon margarine
• 1 egg white
• 1 cup sifted powdered sugar
• 1 -2 tablespoon water

1. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. Line bottom of pan with waxed paper. Set aside.
2. Place chocolate in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Let cool.
3. Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs and yolk, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add chocolate, mixing well.
4. Combine flour and next 4 ingredients; add flour mixture to chocolate mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into pan. Bake at 350u0b0F for 1 hour and 5 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 15 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool on a wire rack. Pour sweet chocolate glaze over top of cake, if using.
5. For the glaze:
6. Combine chocolate and butter in top of a double boiler; bring water to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cook until chocolate melts. Cool.
7. Beat egg white (at room temperature) at high speed of an electric mixer 1 minmute or until stiff peaks form. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating until stiff peaks form and sugar dissolves,(2 to 4 minutes).
8. Fold chocolate mixture into egg whites. Add water, stirring until smooth.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/german-chocolate-pound-cake-259592 (may not work)