Chocolate Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients: 16 tablespoons, unsalted butter; ¾ cup (2¼ ounces/64 grams), unsweetened cocoa powder; 2 ounces (57 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped fine; 1 cup (4 ounces/113 grams), cake flour; ¼ teaspoon, baking powder; ½ teaspoon, table salt; 1¼ cups (8¾ ounces/248 grams), sugar; 4 , large eggs, room temperature; 1½ teaspoons, vanilla extract

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cakes

By Sam Block

We love pound cake and we love chocolate, but the combination is often a disappointment. We wanted to retool classic pound cake to make it ultrachocolaty without compromising its hallmark velvety-soft crumb.

SERVES 8

TIME 2 hours, plus 2 hours cooling

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