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Chocolate Pound Cake
5 from 4 votes

Chocolate Pound Cake

This rich, moist Chocolate Pound cake recipe is the best bundt cake you'll taste. Easy to make and triple the chocolate!

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
45 mins
Total Time
1 hr
Servings: 8 servings
Calories: 425 kcal
Course: Cake
Cuisine: American

Ingredients

For the cake
  • ½ cup butter softened, unsalted
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 egg large
  • 1 cup yogurt plain, Greek
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ⅓ cup cocoa powder unsweetened
  • 1 teaspoon espresso powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • ⅔ cup dark chocolate chips
For the ganache
  • ½ cup dark chocolate chips
  • 3 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream

Instructions

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  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 6-cup bundt pan or loaf pan with butter and cocoa powder (or using a generous amount of baking spray). 
  2. In a large mixing bowl, beat together the butter and brown sugar until smooth. Add eggs, Greek yogurt and beat until well blended. 
  3. Add in flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Beat until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
  4. Pour the batter into the prepared bundt pan. Bake for 40-45 minutes until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean or with a few crumbs.
  5. Cool pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, then invert the pan onto a cake plate. Allow cake to cool completely.
  6. Make the ganache by combining chocolate chips with heavy cream in a glass bowl. Microwave for 60 seconds. Stir and heat for an additional 15 seconds. Stir until smooth. Pour ganache over the cake and enjoy.

Notes

  • Recipe from The Weeknight Dessert Cookbook. Permission to use granted.
  • If you don’t have plain greek yogurt you can substitute with sour cream. Either ingredients adds a whole level of moisture to this cake!
  • I buy my Espresso powder on Amazon. If you can’t find it, use instant coffee. It doesn’t make your cake taste like coffee, but instead brings out the rich chocolate flavor.
  • Add some extra chocolate chips on top of the chocolate ganache. There’s no such things as “too much” in my vocabulary.
  • Dark Chocolate Chips are my favorite for today’s pound cake. You’ll love that deep, rich chocolate flavor!
  • If you love chocolate bundt cake, be sure to try my chocolate zucchini bundt cake recipe!!

Nutrition Information

Calories 425kcal (21%) Carbohydrates 47g (16%) Protein 8g (16%) Fat 23g (35%) Saturated Fat 13g (65%) Polyunsaturated Fat 8g (47%) Cholesterol 87mg (29%) Sodium 300mg (13%) Fiber 3g (12%) Sugar 30g (60%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 8 servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories 425

% Daily Value*

Calories 425kcal 21%
Carbohydrates 47g 16%
Protein 8g 16%
Fat 23g 35%
Saturated Fat 13g 65%
Polyunsaturated Fat 8g 47%
Cholesterol 87mg 29%
Sodium 300mg 13%
Fiber 3g 12%
Sugar 30g 60%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.