THE ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

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True to its name, this is the ultimate chocolate pound cake. Old-fashioned recipes with simple ingredients are the best. It's moist and dense just like a pound cake should be. The tiny bit of coffee added enhances the chocolate flavor. You could serve this pound cake for a birthday, special event, or just when you're craving...

Provided by Cindy Rice

Time 1h40m

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

3 stick unsalted butter (softened)
3 c sugar
2 tsp real vanilla (or vanilla bean paste)
5 eggs (fresh brown, preferably)
2 tsp instant coffee granules
1/4 c boiling water
2 c all-purpose flour, unsifted
3/4 c cocoa, unsweetened
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp baking powder
1 c buttermilk

Steps:

1. Cream butter. Gradually add sugar creaming until light and fluffy. Continue for about 5 minutes at medium speed.
2. Stir in vanilla, and add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Dissolve coffee granules in boiling water.
4. In a bowl, combine flour, salt, cocoa, and baking powder.
5. Add flour mixture a little at a time.
6. Add alternately with coffee and buttermilk to the dry ingredients mixing as you go. Blending on low speed until just mixed.
7. Grease and lightly flour a 10 inch tube pan. Spoon batter into it. Smooth it out.
8. Bake in 325 F oven for 1 hour 15-20 minutes (usually 1 hr and 15 min). Here's where it gets tricky. DO NOT OVERBAKE. It will look like it's not quite done on top but the cake will spring back a bit when you lightly push down on it with 2 fingers. If you overcook this it will be dry and not very moist.
9. When it comes out of the oven, wait about 5 minutes. Run a knife around all edges and very carefully invert onto a serving plate.
10. Trust me when I say all you need to make this complete is a tall glass of milk (not for me ), a good cup of coffee, or a hot cup of tea.
11. You can let it cool for about 10 minutes and have a slice (chunk) while it is still warm (is what I do and everyone else in my household or anyone who has tried it). Or let it cool completely and then enjoy. If ya can't wait (none of us can) just dig in as soon as you've inverted it into a plate. Actually, who am I kidding...We don't even wait for it to cool down. I would love to try some kind of frosting w/this but as long as my hubby is still alive and has anything to say about it. It's not gonna happen... lol. You know what they say, "DONT MESS WITH A GOOD THING!"
12. NOTE: The time before last I ran out of sugar and cocoa so this is what I did. I had enough white sugar for 1 cup. So to that, I added 2 cups of brown sugar. And, I had maybe about a 1/3 cup of cocoa ... So I added the remainder of the 3/4 cup it called for with instant chocolate fudge pudding. Both ways were scrumptious but the original is best. :)