Richest Ever Chocolate Pound Cake

The chocolate cake you’ll get from this pound cake recipe with buttermilk and chocolate is dense, dark, and delicious.

Original recipe makes 1 – 9 or 10 inch tube pan

Ingredients

4 eggs
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups white sugar
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup hot water
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt

Directions

  1. Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites until stiff, and set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar. Melt the chocolate in the hot water. Beat in the egg yolks, then the melted chocolate, buttermilk, and vanilla.
  2. In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat into the chocolate mixture. Stir in about 1/3 of the egg whites to lighten the batter and then fold in the rest gently but thoroughly.
  3. Turn the batter into a greased and floured tube pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 1 hour, or until the cake tests done with a toothpick. Let cool on a rack. Makes 16 servings.

Nutrition

Calories: 394 kcal
Carbohydrates: 54.2 g
Cholesterol: 96 mg
Fat: 18.5 g
Fiber: 1.3 g
Protein: 5.3 g
Sodium: 265 mg