Description
Looking for a quick, easy fix to your cake craving? This simple chocolate pound cake is moist, tender, and full of chocolate flavor with an elegant dusting of powdered sugar to finish it off. Yummy!
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 cups (293g) all-purpose flour (measured properly)
- 3/4 cup (85g) natural unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 cups (336g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3 cups (621g) sugar
- 5 large eggs, room temperature
- 1 cup (240ml) buttermilk, room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- Powdered sugar, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°F (163°C) and prepare a 10-14 cup bundt pan with non-stick baking spray.
- Combine the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and set aside.
- In a large mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar together on medium speed until light and fluffy, for about 5 minutes.
- Add eggs one at a time, mixing until well incorporated after each. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed to make sure things are well combined.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Add the buttermilk and vanilla extract and mix just until well combined. Don’t over-mix.
- Spread the batter evenly into the bundt pan and bake for 65-75 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out moist but mostly clean.
- Allow the cake to cool for about 10 minutes, then invert the cake onto a cooling rack to cool to room temperature.
- Once cool, dust the cake with powdered sugar. You could also top the cake with some chocolate ganache.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Slice
- Calories: 479
- Sugar: 48.1 g
- Sodium: 236.9 mg
- Fat: 22.8 g
- Carbohydrates: 66.2 g
- Protein: 6 g
- Cholesterol: 120.6 mg
