Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe

Chocolate Pound Cake

What you need:

• 1 1/3 cups cake flour, sifted
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (pref. dutch process)
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2/3 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup milk (pref. whole)

What you have to do:

Preheat oven to 350F. Grease a 9×5-inch baking pan and line the bottom with a small piece of parchment paper.

In a medium bowl, sift together cake flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt
In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs, one at a time, followed by the vanilla extract.

Stir 1/3 of the flour mixture into the butter mixture, followed by half of the milk. Stir in an additional third of the flour mixture, followed by the remaining milk. Stir in remaining flour, mixing just until no streaks of dry ingredients remain and batter is uniform. Pour into prepared cake pan.

Bake for about 50-55 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of the cake.

Allow cake to cool in the pan for 5-10 minutes, then turn it out onto a wire rack to cool completely.