Chocolate Pound Cake
- Level: Easy
- Yield: 12 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 582
- Total Fat
- 28
- Saturated Fat
- 13
- Carbohydrates
- 78
- Dietary Fiber
- 2
- Sugar
- 52
- Protein
- 8
- Cholesterol
- 123
- Sodium
- 159
- Total: 2 hr (includes cooling time)
- Active: 30 min
Ingredients
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, room temperature, plus more for greasing the pan
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 cups sugar
5 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Vanilla ice cream, for serving
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 10-inch tube pan with butter.
- Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa together. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer, cream the 1 cup butter, the shortening and the sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs one a time, beating well after each addition. With the motor running, add the flour mixture and the milk alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Add the vanilla.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour. Check for doneness by inserting a toothpick into the cake; it should come out clean. Cool the cake in the pan for 30 minutes before turning it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- Slice the cake and serve topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.