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Chocolate Pound Cake I
Suzanne Stull
"This was my mother's recipe. You may eat it as is or put a fudge frosting on it."
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Ingredients
servings 505Original recipe yields 14 servings (1 - 9-10 inch tube pan)
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Directions
{{model.addEditText}} Print- Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Cream together butter or margarine, shortening, and sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla, and salt mixing batter until light and creamy.
- Add 1cup flour and the baking powder to egg butter mixture. Stir until just combined. Then add 1/2 cup milk stirring until combined. Continue alternating flour and milk, ending with flour.
- Stir in cocoa and mix well. Place batter in a greased and floured tube pan that has been lined with greased and floured baking parchment paper.
- Bake in a preheated 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) oven for 1 hour 30 minutes.
- Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Then remove cake from its pan and let cool on a wire rack.
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Most helpful positive review
10/6/2005
This was very good. My cake was moist and perfect. I made the following changes though: I didn't have enough sugar, so I subbed 2 c Splenda and 1 c brown sugar. Also, the cake was done in 1 ...
Most helpful critical review
12/18/2001
I thought the recipe was pretty bad. For a pound cake you always expect a rich, moist cake. This was neither.
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10/6/2005
This was very good. My cake was moist and perfect. I made the following changes though: I didn't have enough sugar, so I subbed 2 c Splenda and 1 c brown sugar. Also, the cake was done in 1 ...
8/9/2002
I used this recipe to make a friend's wedding cake, and it was a hit!! A delicious moist cake with just the right density. I left out the cocoa and added lemon extract to make a white layer as w...
10/21/2005
Wonderful chocolate pound cake, my family really enjoyed it in a bundt cake form with chocolate frosting drizzled over it. The cake was moist and delicious. Thanks for the recipe.
6/17/2003
This is the closest recipe I have ever found to my husband's grandmothers! He said it taste just like hers, which is a huge compliment! I've been trying to get her to teach me how to make it bef...
1/27/2008
I had a recipe similar to this years ago and misplaced it. I am glad I stumbled upon this one. It is one of the only ones I found that does not call for the addition of coffee. (call me crazy...
3/3/2000
This recipe was wonderful, I made it on Valentine's Day, added some fresh strawberries and chocolate sauce on the plate and the kids and husband loved it! I iced it with a mixture of cocoa powd...
12/18/2001
I thought the recipe was pretty bad. For a pound cake you always expect a rich, moist cake. This was neither.
7/23/2008
Well, here it is, 23 July 2008, hurricane Dolly is headed for our Texas coast. Thank goodness we are not getting the direct hit. My sixteen year old wants a chocolate pound cake, I made this o...
1/9/2004
This was a very good pound cake. I think it tasted better the second day. I used the Satiny Chocolate Glaze to frost it. Next time, I will add miniature chocolate chips to the cake batter for...