Chocolate Pound Cake
Submitted by MrsM on September 22, 2009 at 12:27 pm

Description
Chocolate Pound Cake

Summary
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Instructions
CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

Nick Malgieri, How To Bake, page 282

1 cup bleached AP flour (4 1/2 ounces)
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 stick butter, room temperature
1 cup sugar (7 ounces)
3 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream

Grease and flour an 8 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 inch loaf pan. Preheat oven to 325°; rack position middle level.

Mix together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Cream butter with sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the cooled, melted chocolate. Add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla. With a rubber spatula, stir in half the flour mixture. Stir in the sour cream, then the rest of the flour mixture.

Scrape batter into prepared pan and smooth the top. Bake for 45-50 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool in the pan 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack to completely cool.