Richest Ever Chocolate Pound Cake

The chocolate cake you'll get from this pound cake recipe with buttermilk and chocolate is dense, dark, and delicious.

• Calories: 394 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup butter, softened
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 4 eggs
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup buttermilk
• ½ cup hot water

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Separate the eggs and beat the egg whites until stiff, and set aside. In a large bowl, cream the butter with the sugar. Melt the chocolate in the hot water. Beat in the egg yolks, then the melted chocolate, buttermilk, and vanilla.

Step 2

In a bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, and salt. Beat into the chocolate mixture. Stir in about 1/3 of the egg whites to lighten the batter and then fold in the rest gently but thoroughly.

Step 3

Turn the batter into a greased and floured tube pan. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) oven for 1 hour, or until the cake tests done with a toothpick. Let cool on a rack. Makes 16 servings.