Chocolate sour cream pound cake

16 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
cupAll-Purpose Flour
¾cupUnsweetened Cocoa Powder,
Nonalkalized
½teaspoonBaking Powder
½teaspoonBaking Soda
½teaspoonSalt
1cupUnsalted Butter -- At Room
Temperature
2cupsGranulated Sugar
4largesEggs -- At Room Temperature
1tablespoonVanilla Extract
1cupSour Cream -- At Room
Temperature
Confectioner's Sugar -- For
Dusting Top(Opt)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 F. Lightly butter a 12-cup Bundt or fluted tube pan. Lightly dust with flour and tap out excess.

2. In a large bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another large bowl, using a hand-held electric mixer, beat together butter and sugar until combined. One at a time, beat in eggs, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. In three additions each, beat in flour mixture and sour cream, beating until just combined.

3. Scrape batter into prepared pan and spread evnely. Bake for 60 to 70 mins, or until a cake tester inserted in center comes out clean.

4. Remove pan to a wire rack and cool for 10 mins. Carefully invert cake onto rack and cool completely. Dust top of cake with confectioners' sugar, if desired. Store completely cooled cake in an airtight container at cool room temperature.

This cake freezes well.

Makes 16 to 20 servings.

NOTE: This cake is great for snacking. It becomes the basis for other recipes like Chocolate Tiramisu. Serve it by topping a slice with a scoop of ice cream and a healthy drizzle of chocolate sauce.

Recipe By : Quick Chocolate Fixes- Weiner & Albright-ISBN 0-312-13153-4

From: Dan Klepach Date: 01-01-96 (21:59) (159) Fido: Cooking