Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe

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Chocolate Pound Cake
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Ingredients
19
Count
Nutrition
776
Calories
Total time
60
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. Butter and flour an angel-food pan.
  3. Cream butter for 4 minutes, beat in mayonnaise, a little at a time, and sugar, a little at at time, and beat for 10 minutes.
  4. Beat in the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition and beat for 4 minutes.
  5. With a wooden spoon, stir in chocolate and vanilla.
  6. Into a bowl, sift together flour, soda and salt.
  7. Whisk half the flour mixture and half the milk into the chocolate mixture and whisk in remaining flour and milk.
  8. Pour batter in prepared pan and bake for 50 minutes to 1 hour, or until a tester comes out clean.
  9. Let cake cook in pan for 10 minutes, remove and let cool completely.
  10. Halve cake horizontally.
  11. To make buttercream: Cream butter until light and fluffy, about 4 minutes and beat in 1/3 cup of icing sugar, coffee mixture, salt, half the remaining icing sugar, the cocoa and vanilla.
  12. Beat in remaining icing sugar slowly and beat buttercream at high speed until it is light and fluffy.
  13. Spread a thick layer of buttercream on bottom layer of cake.
  14. Arrange top half on, and spread top and side with a thin layer of remaining buttercream.
  15. Transfer remaining buttercream to a pastry bag and pipe rosettes decoratively around top and base of cake.
  16. Garnish with chocolate shavings.
  17. Chill for 1 hour before serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 776.04 Kcal (3249 kJ)
Calories from fat 297.91 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 33.1g 51%
Cholesterol 116.99mg 39%
Sodium 708.54mg 30%
Potassium 294.12mg 6%
Total Carbs 109.52g 37%
Sugars 40.03g 160%
Dietary Fiber 3.65g 15%
Protein 12.93g 26%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 8%
Iron 4.7mg 26%
Calcium 93.3mg 9%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 373.29 Kcal (1563 kJ)
Calories from fat 143.3 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15.92g 51%
Cholesterol 56.28mg 39%
Sodium 340.82mg 30%
Potassium 141.47mg 6%
Total Carbs 52.68g 37%
Sugars 19.25g 160%
Dietary Fiber 1.76g 15%
Protein 6.22g 26%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 8%
Iron 2.3mg 26%
Calcium 44.9mg 9%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 17.5
    Points
  • 21
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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