Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe
A light chocolate pound cake drizzled with a homemade chocolate glaze will satisfy any chocolate crazing.
Calories 584kcal
Ingredients
- ½ Cup Shortening
- 1 Cup Butter softened
- 3 Cups granulated sugar I use Dixie Crystal
- 6 large eggs
- 3 Cups All-Purpose flour sifted
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ Cup cocoa
- 1¼ cups milk
- 1 tsp. chocolate extract
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°
- Beat shortening and butter on medium speed 2 minutes or until creamy.
- Gradually add sugar while continuing to beat for about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time while continuing to beat.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa. Add to butter mixture alternately with milk beginning and ending with flour.
- Mix at low speed after each addition.
- Stir in the chocolate extract.
- Pour batter into a 9 or 10 inch Bundt pan or tub pan which has been greased and floured.
- Bake at 350° for about 1 hour and 15 minutes. Oven temperatures vary. Cake is done when a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool in pan on a wire rack for about 15 minutes then remove from pan and cool completely on wire rack.
- Pour Chocolate Glaze over top of cake. Put on some coffee and invite some friends over!
- USE OUR EASY CHOCOLATE FUDGE RECIPE TO GLAZE THE CAKE. Click her for the recipe
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Nutrition
Serving: 1o | Calories: 584kcal | Carbohydrates: 78g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 27g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 11g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 141mg | Sodium: 289mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 50g