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Best Chocolate Pound Cake
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m-ann
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"A delicious make-ahead cake which freezes well. Wonderful warm, topped with a little butter and a glass of milk!"
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Original recipe yield 1 - 10 inch tube pan
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1/2 cup shortening
1 cup butter, softened
3 cups white sugar
5 egg yolks
5 egg whites
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 1/4 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
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DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
Cream shortening and butter until light and fluffy, gradually adding sugar. Beat well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Sift flour, baking powder, salt, cocoa and cinnamon together. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla and almond extracts.
In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold carefully into cake batter, mixing only until no streaks remain. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10 inch tube pan.
Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack.
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Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by PRESBY
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Jan. 5, 2004
This cake is delicious, very moist and now our family favorite.
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This cake is delicious, very moist and now our family favorite.
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Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by LISA73
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Jan. 5, 2004
This cake has a nice flavor and consistency if you're not looking for a traditional pound cake. In other words, it is light and springy with a subtle flavor, not dense, moist, and chocolatey. Once I readjusted my thinking, I found it to be a nice change of pace. I'd make it again.
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This cake has a nice flavor and consistency if you're not looking for a traditional pound...
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Reviewed on Jan. 10, 2004 by
Scott d BBQ man
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Scott d BBQ man
Jan. 10, 2004
I tried this recipe 3 different times. Its isnt a bad cake at all. A bit dry and never seems to bake fully without going dry. Nice flavour and texture. Would be wonderful with a pudding over it.
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8 users found this review helpful
I tried this recipe 3 different times. Its isnt a bad cake at all. A bit dry and never seems...
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Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2005 by
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gdunford
Dec. 21, 2005
Everyone that I have made this recipe for has just loved it. It is a moist and tasty version of my favorite dessert, pound cake. I dont think I would change anything about it really. I do sift the flour and have used cake flour to make sure I have no lumps. The cinnamon, I added a heaping measurement. It takes this pound cake over the edge. It is perfect for any occasion. Thank you Mary Ann !!!!
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6 users found this review helpful
Everyone that I have made this recipe for has just loved it. It is a moist and tasty version...
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Reviewed on Apr. 9, 2005 by USER6
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Apr. 9, 2005
I thought this was a great cake. I love it when it first comes out of the oven. It has a great chocolate taste, but it's not strong. I did try the cake with a chocolate icing recipe from the back of a package: Hershey's Chocolate Cocoa (for baking), and I added choped almonds. After the cake had time to cool the next day, that was the end of it. Absolutely delicious. The cake was gone in two days. Some reviews I read suggested that the cake was not so much of a pound cake, but more light and springy. If you want more of a pound cake texture, just sift the dry ingredients twice, where it calls for sifting in the recipe, I have tried it that way.
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I thought this was a great cake. I love it when it first comes out of the oven. It has a...
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Reviewed on Nov. 6, 2005 by EMILLERS
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EMILLERS
Nov. 6, 2005
Pretty good. It's a light pound cake and I was looking more for a traditional one. I was hoping for a stronger chocolate flavor, so next time I may not put in the cinnamon and almond extract.
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3 users found this review helpful
Pretty good. It's a light pound cake and I was looking more for a traditional one. I was...
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Reviewed on Jan. 19, 2004 by HUFF328
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HUFF328
Jan. 19, 2004
Delicious! I baked half the recipe in a dark pan for 1 hour, still great!
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3 users found this review helpful
Delicious! I baked half the recipe in a dark pan for 1 hour, still great!
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Reviewed on Jan. 5, 2004 by summera
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summera
Jan. 5, 2004
Excellent
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Reviewed on Apr. 19, 2007 by reb
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Apr. 19, 2007