Name: Richest Ever Chocolate Pound Cake
Yield: 14
Ingredients: Eggs - 4; Butter, softened - 1 cup; White sugar - 2 cups; Semisweet chocolate chips - 1 cup; Hot water - ½ cup; Buttermilk - 1 cup; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; All-purpose flour - 2 ½ cups; Baking soda - 1 teaspoon; Salt - ¼ teaspoon

Ingredients for - Richest Ever Chocolate Pound Cake

1. Eggs 4

2. Butter, softened 1 cup

3. White sugar 2 cups

4. Semisweet chocolate chips 1 cup

5. Hot water ½ cup

6. Buttermilk 1 cup

7. Vanilla extract 1 teaspoon

8. All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups

9. Baking soda 1 teaspoon

10. Salt ¼ teaspoon

How to cook deliciously - Richest Ever Chocolate Pound Cake

1 . Stage

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.

2 . Stage

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.

3 . Stage

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.