Chocolate Pound Cake
This Chocolate Pound Cake is one you will make over and over again. Easy to make and delicious!
Servings: 10 servings
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter or 1 stick or 8 tablespoons softened
- 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1/3 cup sour cream
- 2 cups chocolate chips I use semi-sweet
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
Instructions
- Cream butter, sugar and eggs with a mixer. Add vanilla extract, sour cream and buttermilk, keep mixing. Melt chocolate chips in the microwave about 1 minute or until when stirred they are smooth. Add to creamed mixture.
- Whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda in a bowl. Add to creamed chocolate mixture and mix with mixer just until all ingredients are wet. Fold in nuts. Spray a 10 inch bundt pan with cooking spray. Pour in the batter.
- Bake in a preheated 325 degree oven for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until center tests done.
- top with powdered sugar or frosting of choice.
Notes
Please note if you make substitutions to this cake it will change the moisture. It's made with buttermilk which is a full fat liquid. Also do not OVER mix a pound cake.. that will also make it dry. Ovens vary so you need to make sure you don't overcook it.