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Best Chocolate Pound Cake

Best Chocolate Pound Cake

Cost $10, save $15

Source: Recommended by CookPal

  • 90 Min
  • 12 Servings
  • $10

INGREDIENTS

  • Wet Ingredients

    • ½ cup shortening
    • 🧈 1 cup butter, softened
    • 🥚 5 egg yolks
    • 🥚 5 egg whites
    • 🥛 1 ¼ cups milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • ½ teaspoon almond extract

  • Dry Ingredients

    • 🍚 3 cups white sugar
    • 🌾 3 cups all-purpose flour
    • 🧂 ½ teaspoon baking powder
    • 🧂 ½ teaspoon salt
    • 🍫 ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
    • 🌰 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

STEPS

1

Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

2

Cream shortening and butter until light and fluffy, gradually adding sugar. Beat well at medium speed of an electric mixer.

3

Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating well after each addition.

4

Sift together flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa, and cinnamon.

5

Add sifted dry ingredients to the creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Mix until just blended after each addition.

6

Stir in vanilla and almond extracts.

7

In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form.

8

Carefully fold egg whites into the batter until no streaks remain. Pour batter into the prepared pan.

9

Bake in the preheated oven for 75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

10

Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then remove and let cool completely on a wire rack.

NUTRIENTS

Per 1 serving

🔥

570

Calories

  • 8
    Protein
  • 78
    Carbs
  • 27
    Fats

💡 For a richer flavor, use high-quality cocoa powder.Serve the pound cake slightly warm with a dollop of whipped cream or a scoop of vanilla ice cream.You can freeze this cake for up to 3 months; wrap it tightly in plastic wrap and foil.