Chocolate Pound Cake with Butter Cream Frosting
Yield
1 cakePrep
20 minCook
40 minReady
60 minTrans-fat Free, High Fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cup |
butter
softened |
|
| ½ | cup |
margarine
softened |
|
| 3 | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 5 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 3 | cups |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
baking powder
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ½ | cup |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 1 | cup |
milk
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Butter cream frosting | |||
| ¾ | cup |
margarine
softened |
|
| 3 | ounces |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| 1 | pinch |
salt
|
*
|
| 16 | ounces |
powdered sugar
|
|
| ½ | cup |
powdered sugar
|
|
| ¼ | cup |
milk
to 1/2 cup |
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
|
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 237 | ml |
butter
softened |
|
| 118 | ml |
margarine
softened |
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 5 | large |
eggs
|
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 118 | ml |
cocoa powder
|
|
| 237 | ml |
milk
|
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
| Butter cream frosting | |||
| 177 | ml |
margarine
softened |
|
| 86.7 | ml/g |
cream cheese
softened |
|
| 1 | pinch |
salt
|
*
|
| 462.4 | ml/g |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 118 | ml |
powdered sugar
|
|
| 59 | ml |
milk
to 1/2 cup |
|
| 5 | ml |
vanilla extract
|
|
Directions
Cream butter and margarine until smooth; add sugar and beat until light and fluffy.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Combine dry ingredients, and add to creamed mixture alternately with milk and vanilla.
spoon batter into a well-greased 10 inch tube pan or Bundt pan.
Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes; reduce heat to 200 degrees and bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes.
Cool; spread with Butter Cream Frosting, and decorate as desired.
Butter Cream Frosting: Cream margarine and cream cheese Add salt and sugar, a small amount at a time, beating until smooth. Slowly beat in just enough milk to make mixture spreadable; add vanilla.
