aunt jan's chocolate pound cake
This is my Great Aunt Jan's recipe and it has been in the family for years. She passed it on to me and I have been making it for years now. It is just the best pound cake I've ever had and it is a special request at all family functions. Tips: make sure that all butter, shortening and cream cheese are soft for easiest mixing, I set mine out the day before I make my cake. grease your tube pan and dust it with cocoa instead of flour.
prep time
30 Min
cook time
1 Hr 25 Min
method
Bake
yield
a crowd!
Ingredients
- 1/2 pound butter, unsalted
- 1/2 cup shortening, butter flavor
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 - eggs
- 3 cups cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa, unsweetened
- 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
- 2 packages cream cheese
- 2 sticks butter
- 16 ounces confectioners' sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
How To Make aunt jan's chocolate pound cake
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Step 1preheat oven to 325
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Step 2cream butter, shortening and sugar and then mix in eggs one at a time.
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Step 3sift flour. baking powder, cocoa, and salt
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Step 4mix buttermilk and vanilla together
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Step 5alternate between adding wet and dry ingredients until all mixed together
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Step 6Pour batter into a greased tube pan that has been dusted with cocoa powder and bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes. Let cake cool completely and then frost with cream cheese frosting.
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Step 7For cream cheese frosting mix softened cream cheese and butter with confectioners sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
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Category:
Cakes
Category:
Chocolate
Keyword:
#Thanksgiving
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#Christmas
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#cream-cheese
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#buttermilk
Keyword:
#chocolate
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#cake
Method:
Bake
Culture:
Southern
Ingredient:
Sugar
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