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Deep Chocolate Pound Cake
This is a delicious variation from my regular pound cake, and the best part… half the butter.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings:
8
people
Calories:
526 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
French
Ingredients
- 2½ cup all-purpose flour unbleached
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon salt fine
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup sour cream
- ½ cup milk whole
- ¼ cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- ¼ cup honey
- 2 tablespoons water boiling
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ cup butter at room temperature, unsalted
- 2 egg large
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup bittersweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup dried cranberries
- ⅓ cup caster sugar 1/3 cup caster sugar
Instructions
- Position rack in the center of the oven and preheat at 350º. Butter and flour a Bundt cake pan with butter and flour, tap out the excess. Sprinkle caster sugar evenly on bottom of pan.
- Whisk flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda in a medium bowl.
- Whisk sour cream and milk in a small bowl.
- Sift cocoa into a small bowl. Whisk in honey and 2 tablespoons boiling water until smooth. Cool completely.
- Using electric mixer, beat sugar and butter in another medium bowl until light and fluffy, about 3 minutes.
- Beat in eggs 1 at the time, occasionally scraping down the sides of the bowl. Beat in vanilla. Add cocoa mixture, stir until smooth, scraping down the bowl occasionally.
- Beat in flour mixture alternately with sour cream in 2 additions each until just blended.
- Stir in chocolate chips and dried cranberries.
- Transfer batter to prepared pan, smooth top.
- Bake until tester inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 1 hour. Remove cake from pan and cool.
- Sprinkle with powder sugar.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
526kcal
(26%)
Carbohydrates
81g
(27%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
20g
(31%)
Saturated Fat
13g
(65%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
4g
(20%)
Trans Fat
0.5g
(25%)
Cholesterol
82mg
(27%)
Sodium
166mg
(7%)
Potassium
274mg
(6%)
Fiber
3g
(12%)
Sugar
47g
(94%)
Vitamin A
530IU
(11%)
Vitamin C
0.3mg
(0%)
Calcium
110mg
(11%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 526
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 526kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 81g | 27% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 20g | 31% |
| Saturated Fat | 13g | 65% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4g | 20% |
| Trans Fat | 0.5g | 25% |
| Cholesterol | 82mg | 27% |
| Sodium | 166mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 274mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 3g | 12% |
| Sugar | 47g | 94% |
| Vitamin A | 530IU | 11% |
| Vitamin C | 0.3mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 110mg | 11% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.