Old-Fashioned Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe

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Here's what you'll need to make this old-fashioned chocolate pound cake recipe.

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Most pound cakes, including this one, are made using The Creaming Method. Click this box to learn more about the method, or go to the next slide for an overview.

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Whip butter until smooth. Add sugar, salt, and spices and continue to whip. Beat eggs together and slowly drizzle in, scraping bowl as necessary.

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Whisk dry ingredients together. Alternate adding dry ingredients and buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry. Your batter will be thick and beautiful!

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Scrape batter into the prepared pan and bake at 325F until done. Temperature should read 195F-200F in the center of the cake.

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Let cake cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out to cool completely. Serve it plain, or do what I like to do:

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Once cool, glaze with your choice of glazes. I like a two-tone glaze, but nobody will complain if you serve it as-is!

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Click below to get the printable version of this recipe. See the next slide for more of my pound cake recipes. Enjoy, and thanks for being here!

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