The Bag Lady's Favorite Chocolate Pound Cake

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I added 3 more Tab. of cocoa, per the suggestions of adding more in the reviews. I cooked mine for 1 hour and 5 min. Turned out great! It was moist. I make a boiled fudge frosting to ice it with.**** Make sure you use a 10 inch, (not 10 cup bundt pan. Mine rose about 1/2 inch over the top of the pan.

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Ok, before I made this I read all reviews and took them into consideration. Here is what I did to make it the best pound cake I've ever made. I used cake flour instead of the all purpose flour. I used Soy Milk Vanilla instead of buttermilk (because I was out. I beat each egg in throughly, and then slowly added the dry ingredients and milk. Since my Mother told me years ago that pound cake needed to be started in a cold over I did not preheat the oven. I cooked it at 325 degrees for one (1 hour then lowered the temp to 300 for 30 minutes. When I took it out of the oven and cooled for 5 minutes and then took out of the pan and placed on my cake plate and covered it immediately inserting a knife under the cover and let it cool completely. This was a great cake and I definately will be making it again and again.

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I have to agree with Baker's Man, this is the ONLY thing that I have made of Paula's that was disappointing to me as well. It was DRY, DRY, DRY and not very tasty. Won't try this one again

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As much as I love Mrs. Deen, I’m afraid this recipe was a bit disappointing. I found the cake to be a little on the dry side, even though I took it out of the oven after about 1.5 hours, when a toothpick came out clean. Also, I expected the cake to be a little more decadent coming from Mrs. Deen, but I didn’t find it very sweet or especially chocolaty. I see the recipe has a lot of 5-star reviews, so I’ll probably try it again, but my results were just good – not 5-star.

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Excellent recipe! I did use all butter, though (not a fan of hydrogenated shortenings. I also used an extra egg for more richness. Wonderfully moist pound cake with just the right amount of crispiness on the outside. Note - make sure to use a GOOD quality cocoa - it is definitely worth the extra cost. That cheap stuff on the shelves of discount grocery stores has no flavor and will ruin the outcome.

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This was a very disapointing cake. I love Paula, but this cake was dry and crunchy around the top ,not anything like a good chocolate cake should taste. It was very light in color, and very poor on chocolate flavor.

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This is the best recipe. I change it up bit by adding rasberry to it or chocolate chips or some liquor. Makes great cupcakes also. My family loves it everytime I make it.

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Made this cake yesterday! It turned out really good! Used all butter though, not a big shortening person. I used two loaf pans instead of the bundt pan. I am going to frost it tonight with homemade chocolate frosting. My fiance and I shared a piece with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream and Hershey's chocolate syrup. Next time I will add chocolate chips! Yum!

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I just made this cake today. It is a very good cake and it was very easy to make. My only suggestion would be is the back time should only be 1 hour and 25 min. Or at least check it then.

Thanks Paula for a Great Cake!!!!

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This pound cake is even more delicious the next day. I served it with fresh strawberries/sauce and whipped cream. The baking time listed is to much. Should be 1 hr + 25 min. :