Chocolate Pound Cake
An excellent cake, very moist and flavourful! It also has the advantage of being practically a "dump everything in the mixer bowl at once" type cake. Chocolate Pound Cake 3 cups flour 2 cups sugar ½ cup cocoa powder 3 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 cup butter, softened 1 ¼ cups milk (I use skim) 1 tsp vanilla 5 eggs Glaze: 2 oz unsweetened chocolate 3 TBS butter 1 cup powdered sugar 3/4 tsp vanilla 2 TBS hot water Combine dry ingredients in a mixer bowl, stir well. Add butter, milk and vanilla. Mix on low speed for one minute. Stop and scrape bowl. Beat on medium for about 2 minutes. Stop and scrape bowl. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low for about 15 second after each addition. Turn to medium-low and beat about 30 seconds. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan, or two greased and floured loaf pans. Bake at 325°F /165°C for 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (Check after 1 hour.) Cool completely on wire rack and r...