Old Fashioned Chocolate Pound Cake
Easy to make and about as rich and decadent a chocolate cake as you'll find anywhere. It's impressive to serve by itself and delicious with fresh fruit, Easy Homemade Raspberry Jam or ice cream. Looking for more? For another dessert option, try my Tiramisu Cake for Dessert!
Servings: 14
Calories: 479kcal
Equipment
- 10" tube pan
Ingredients
- 3 cups flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 cups sugar
- 1 ½ cups butter softened, unsalted, 3 sticks
- 5 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
Preheat Oven, Prepare Pan
- Preheat oven to 325°
- Grease a 10" tube pan with shortening and dust with a little flour. Set aside.
Combine Ingredients
- Sift cocoa powder, flour and baking powder into a medium-sized bowl and set aside.
- In a small bowl or glass measuring cup that will hold at least 2 cups, lightly whisk the eggs and milk for about 5 seconds.
- In a large mixing bowl, use a paddle beater attachment to cream together the butter and sugar. You could also do this by hand using a sturdy wooden spoon. Alternately, add about a third of the milk and eggs then about a third of the flour and cocoa mixture and mix for a few seconds after each addition. Continue until all of the ingredients are in the mixing bowl. Add the vanilla extract and mix gently to combine.
- Be careful not to over-mix, just stir until all of the dry ingredients have blended with the wet ingredients and the butter and sugar.
Bake
- Spoon the batter into the tube pan and bake in the oven for 90 minutes. The pound cake is done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Let the cake cool for 10-15 minutes before tipping it over to release the cake onto a cooling rack. Use a second cooling rack, to gently flip the cake over so it cools right side up.
- Slice and serve as is, or dust the top with powdered sugar or serve with your favorite ice cream. Store leftovers covered at room temperature. The cake will stay moist and delicious for 3-4 days.
Notes
Take turns adding the wet and dry ingredients until all of the ingredients are in the mixing bowl. We do this so everything will be evenly dispersed and the pound cake will have a consistent texture. Are you ready for another chocolatey, delicious dessert? Be sure to check out my Homemade Brownie Mix recipe. And Orange Rolls, a classic cinnamon roll recipe with an orange twist. Both are classics!
Nutrition
Calories: 479kcal | Carbohydrates: 66g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 112mg | Sodium: 49mg | Potassium: 127mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 44g | Vitamin A: 721IU | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 2mg
