Chocolate Pound Cake : Intensely chocolatey, irresistibly moist…
Chocolate Pound Cake not only a very easy cake to make, it is also very easy to memorize: you don’t need to consult the recipe every time, just remember that eggs, flour, butter and sugar must be the same weight! The same rule applies to the four-quart cocoa cake, the variation we propose in this recipe! The only difference being that the amount of flour refers to the sum of the weight of both flour and cocoa. This mouth-watering variation is ideal for breakfast and snacks for young and old, and it takes so little time to bake that it will become a pleasant constant in your family afternoons!
Ingredients:
(for a 20 cm / 8-inch diameter cake tin)
- 150g (5.3 oz or 3 medium) eggs, at room temperature
- 150g (3/4 cup) sugar
- 150g (2/3 cup or 5.3 oz) butter, softened
- 120g (1 cup) all-purpose flour
- 30g (1/3 cup) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 8g (2 teaspoons) baking powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For dusting:
- Powdered sugar (Icing sugar), as needed
How to make Chocolate Pound Cake:
- To prepare the four-quart cocoa cake, first weigh the shelled eggs and pour them into a bowl. Add the sugar and beat with electric whisk until the mixture increases in volume and becomes light and fluffy. Now add the chopped soft butter and work with the whips to blend it. Also add the vanilla extract and mix again.
- In a separate bowl pour the flour, cocoa and baking powder, then sift the powders into the egg mixture.
- Incorporate the powders with the whisk until you obtain a creamy and homogeneous mixture with a fairly firm consistency. Now butter and flour a cake pan with a diameter of 20 cm and pour the mixture inside.
- Level the surface with a spatula and bake in a static oven preheated to 180° C (350°F) for about 35 minutes. Before baking, do the toothpick test and let it cool before taking the cake out of the oven.
- Once cooled, unmold the four-quart cocoa cake onto a serving plate and dust the surface with powdered sugar 12. The four-quart cocoa cake is ready to be enjoyed!
Bon Appétit!
