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Chocolate Cream Cheese Pound Cake




Source of Recipe


The Lady & Sons Just Desserts






Recipe Introduction


Rich and delicious.





List of Ingredients



• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  
• 1 (8 oz) pkg cream cheese, softened
  
• 3 cups sugar
  
• 6 eggs
  
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
  
• 2 1/4 cups cake flour
  
• 1 tsp baking powder
  
• 3/4 cup cocoa
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
   
2. Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Add eggs two at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla. In another bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, and cocoa. Add one half of flour mixture to creamed mixture, beat well, add remaining half of flour mixture, and continue to beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
   
3. Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 1 1/4 hours. Continue to bake for an additional 15 minutes if necessary, but do not open oven to check cake for at least 1 hour.
   






Final Comments


Serves 16 to 20

CREAM CHEESE POUND CAKE: Replace cocoa with cake flour, making a total of 3 cups flour.

SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE: Substitute 8 oz sour cream for cream cheese. Add sour cream alternately with the flour. Omit cocoa and use 3 cups cake flour.

CHOCOLATE SOUR CREAM POUND CAKE: Substitute 8 oz sour cream for cream cheese. Add sour cream alternately with the flour.