Enjoy this yummy chocolate pound cake baked to perfection - ideal dessert for a bunch.
Chocolate Pound Cake
- Prep Time 20 min
- Total 4 hr 10 min
- Ingredients 16
- Servings 16
Ingredients
Cake
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup milk
Glaze
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 tablespoon water
- 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
- 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup powdered sugar
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. Grease 10-inch angel food (tube) cake pan with shortening; lightly flour. In medium bowl, mix flour, 1/4 cup cocoa, the baking powder and salt.
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Step2In large bowl, beat granulated sugar, 1 cup butter, the shortening and 1 teaspoon vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy, scraping bowl occasionally. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping bowl after each addition. Alternately add flour mixture and milk to sugar mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating and scraping after each addition. Pour batter evenly into pan.
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Step3Bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool upright in pan 25 minutes. Place serving plate upside down over pan; turn plate and pan over. Remove pan. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
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Step4In 1-quart saucepan, mix 2 tablespoons cocoa, the water, corn syrup and 2 tablespoons butter. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Beat in 1/4 teaspoon vanilla and the powdered sugar with spoon until smooth. Spread glaze over top of cooled cake, allowing some to run down sides.
Nutrition
470
Calories
22g
Total Fat
5g
Protein
62g
Total Carbohydrate
43g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 470
- Calories from Fat
- 200
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 34%
- Saturated Fat
- 9g
- 45%
- Trans Fat
- 2g
- Cholesterol
- 100mg
- 34%
- Sodium
- 200mg
- 9%
- Potassium
- 100mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 62g
- 21%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 6%
- Sugars
- 43g
- Protein
- 5g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 10%
- 10%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 3 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 4 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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