Go Back
Red wine cake – recipe for moist cake with wine
Print

Red wine cake

This red wine cake tastes so moist, fluffy and soft. It is also very aromatic. You can bake it in a loaf pan or any other baking pan. The red wine cake recipe is pretty easy and quick. The cake is perfect for dessert during the week or for a special occasion.
Course Dessert
Cuisine French
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 45 minutes
Servings 10

Equipment

  • 25 cm x 10 cm loaf pan

Ingredients

  • 150 ml red wine
  • 100 g white chocolate melted and cooled down
  • 250 g butter room warm
  • 150 g powdered sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 250 g flour
  • 8 g baking powder
  • 1 tsp cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp cinnamon
  • 8 g vanilla sugar
  • butter to grease the loaf pan
  • flour for dusting the loaf pan

for the glaze

  • 130 g powdered sugar
  • approx. 30 ml red wine

Instructions

  • Grease the loaf pan with butter and dust with flour, tapping off the excess flour.
  • Beat soft butter together with powdered sugar and vanilla sugar for about 5 minutes until creamy and fluffy.
  • Add eggs one at a time, beating each time until homogeneous.
  • Add red wine as well as melted white chocolate and mix until homogeneous.
  • Mix flour with cocoa powder, baking powder and cinnamon, add it to the red wine mixture and mix briefly to form a viscous batter.
  • Pour the batter into the loaf pan, smooth it out and bake the cake in a preheated oven at 180 °C top and bottom heat for about 45 minutes. Let the red wine cake cool down in the loaf pan and take it out afterwards.

Preparation of the glaze

  • Put powdered sugar in a bowl, add red wine gradually, stirring until you get a viscous pink glaze.
  • Pour the sugar glaze over the top of the red wine cake and let it dry briefly.

Notes

  • You can adjust the amount of powdered sugar for the batter to taste.
  • Instead of white chocolate, you can use milk or dark chocolate. In this case you can increase the amount of powdered sugar.
  • Instead of melting chocolate, you can chop it coarsely.
  • Do not stir the batter too long, but only briefly until it has a homogeneous consistency.
  • To bake the pound cake, you need an approx. 25 cm x 10 cm loaf pan.
  • Use a wooden skewer to check if the red wine cake is done baking.
  • Do not bake the cake longer than necessary or it may taste dry and not moist.
  • The time to cool the cake is not included in the preparation time.
  • Note the detailed tips and tricks for making the red wine cake at the top of the post.