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aunt jan's chocolate pound cake

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Recipe by
Dee Allen
@Dee_Allen
Hudson, NC

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.

yield serving(s)
prep time 30 Min
cook time 1 Hr 25 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For aunt jan's chocolate pound cake

  • 1/2 lb
    butter, unsalted
  • 1/2 c
    shortening, butter flavor
  • 3 c
    sugar
  • 5
    eggs
  • 3 c
    cake flour
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 c
    cocoa, unsweetened
  • 1 1/4 c
    buttermilk
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
  • 2 pkg
    cream cheese
  • 2 stick
    butter
  • 16 oz
    confectioners' sugar
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla

How To Make aunt jan's chocolate pound cake

  • 1
    preheat oven to 325
  • 2
    cream butter, shortening and sugar and then mix in eggs one at a time.
  • 3
    sift flour. baking powder, cocoa, and salt
  • 4
    mix buttermilk and vanilla together
  • 5
    alternate between adding wet and dry ingredients until all mixed together
  • 6
    Pour 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.
  • 7
    For cream cheese frosting mix softened cream cheese and butter with confectioners sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy.
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