Red Wine Chocolate Cake

I never would have thought of red wine in a cake, but this made a very tasty cake and was easy to make. I had some problems getting cake out of its greased-and-floured pan. Next time I'll make it with the parchment bottom.

I also loved the mascarpone-cream topping to serve with it. The mascarpone provides more body than normal whipped cream, and proved a wonderful compliment to the cake.

Excellent chocolate flavor, but I had a bad technical problem with the baking time. The instructions tell us that the top should look like a pool of molten chocolate - I thought I had over-cooked it because mine looked like a regular cooked cake - and I made a strategic error by not using a toothpick to test it.

After I put the cake onto the cooling rack, about 1/4 of it dropped through onto the counter. What a mess! It was still delicious - especially the whipped cream - marscapone mix.