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Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake

Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake Recipe

Simple to make pound cake is adapted from a recipe from Bon Appetit (August,1996).
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Prep Time 20 mins
Cook Time 1 hr
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 1 loaf
Calories 3539 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine, room temp
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 cup sour cream (I use light sour cream)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, grated
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2 tablespoons sugar

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350-degrees F.
  • Spray loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and flour pan.
  • Beat sugar and butter in large bowl until light.
  • Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda and add to butter mixture.
  • Beat until blended.
  • Add sour cream and vanilla.
  • Beat until blended.
  • Beat in eggs.
  • Spread half of batter into prepared pan.
  • Mix chocolate, cinnamon and 2 TB sugar in small bowl.
  • Sprinkle half of chocolate mixture over batter in pan.
  • Mix remaining chocolate mixture into remaining batter in bowl.
  • Pour remaining batter into pan.
  • With a knife, swirl chocolate mixture into batter.
  • Bake pound cake for 50-60 minutes or until toothpick (or other tester) comes out clean.
  • Let cool completely before serving.

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Nutrition

Serving: 993gCalories: 3539kcalCarbohydrates: 447gProtein: 54gFat: 182.4gSaturated Fat: 110.2gCholesterol: 768.2mgSodium: 2556.9mgFiber: 17.4gSugar: 228g
Keyword < 4 Hours, Dessert, Oven, Weeknight
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