Simple and Delicious Chocolate Pound Cake
My youngest son is a chocolate fanatic. I recently made a pound cake and while he tried it, I could tell he wasn’t absolutely enthused about it. Of course, Momma had to find a compromise.
And that’s when I came up with this:
This cake is scrumptious! I didn’t have the proper pan, but we weren’t too bothered by that detail. The icing was simple to make, too, and my children had a great time “icing” our afternoon treat.
Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients
- 1 cup of buttermilk
- 2 sticks of butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup of firmly packed brown sugar
- 5 eggs
- 2 1/4 cups of all-purpose flour
- 8 tablespoons cocoa
- 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
Instructions
- Combine sugars and butter. Blend until creamy.
- Add eggs 1 at a time - beating 30-45 seconds after each one is added.
- Combine and sift the remaining dry ingredients.
- Alternately add the flour mixture and buttermilk. Beat after each addition. Start and end with dry ingredients.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Add batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 90 minutes.
Notes
To make the icing:
Melt 2 ounces of unsweetened chocolate and 1/3 cup of butter in a sauce pan on low heat. Once the chocolate is melted remove from heat and stir in 2 cups of powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. Stir in 3-4 Tablespoons of hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until smooth and creamy. Drizzle (or drop as my little ones did) over the warm cake.
Melt 2 ounces of unsweetened chocolate and 1/3 cup of butter in a sauce pan on low heat. Once the chocolate is melted remove from heat and stir in 2 cups of powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract. Stir in 3-4 Tablespoons of hot water 1 tablespoon at a time until smooth and creamy. Drizzle (or drop as my little ones did) over the warm cake.