Chocolate Almond Pound Cake Recipe

Posted by
Rate It!
Chocolate Almond Pound Cake
Add your photo!
Ingredients
10
Count
Nutrition
1525
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
Comments Print recipe

Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Coat two (9x5x3 inch) loaf pans with shortening and dust with unsweetened cocoa powder, tapping out excess.
  2. Place 1 cup of the almonds in a single layer on a baking sheet and toast in a preheated 350 degree oven for 7-8 minutes, stirring once or twice, until golden brown.
  3. Cool.
  4. FOR THE CAKE:
  5. In a large bowl, combine cake mix, pudding mix, sour cream, eggs, oil and vanilla and beat on medium speed with electric mixer for 4 minutes.
  6. Add mini chocolate chips and the 1 cup of toasted almonds and stir well.
  7. Pour batter into prepared pans; sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of untoasted almonds on the top.
  8. Bake for 45-50 minutes or until cake tester inserted near center comes out clean.
  9. Place pans on wire racks and let cool for 15 minutes before turning cakes out to cool completely.
  10. FOR GLAZE:.
  11. In a small bowl, combine powdered sugar and 2 teaspoons of milk, stirring until smooth.
  12. Add remaining teaspoons of milk if necessary to achieve desired consistency.
  13. Drizzle over cooled cakes.
Kitchen-Friendly View

Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1525.17 Kcal (6386 kJ)
Calories from fat 1039.28 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 115.48g 178%
Cholesterol 278.98mg 93%
Sodium 916.65mg 38%
Potassium 2013.74mg 43%
Total Carbs 102.72g 34%
Sugars 58.46g 234%
Dietary Fiber 7.82g 31%
Protein 32.76g 66%
Vitamin C 0.8mg 1%
Iron 3.6mg 20%
Calcium 366.3mg 37%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 399.15 Kcal (1671 kJ)
Calories from fat 271.99 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30.22g 178%
Cholesterol 73.01mg 93%
Sodium 239.9mg 38%
Potassium 527.01mg 43%
Total Carbs 26.88g 34%
Sugars 15.3g 234%
Dietary Fiber 2.05g 31%
Protein 8.57g 66%
Vitamin C 0.2mg 1%
Iron 0.9mg 20%
Calcium 95.9mg 37%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.

Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
Search recipes
by ingredients
Search
Construct & Analyze
Your Recipe
Analyze

Try this similar recipes

View More

Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 39.3
    Points
  • 43
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Sugar,
  • High in Total Fat

Also Try

Share Recipe

Recipes▼
Search
Get Your Recipe of Health!
Follow RecipeOfHealth on Facebook!
Scroll to top