Chocolate Sour Cream Pound Cake

By cwyorkiex3

Ingredients

• 8 ounces (2 sticks) butter, softened
• 8 ounces sour cream
• 3 cups sugar
• 6 eggs
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 1/4 cups cake flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup cocoa

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.

Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, sour cream, and sugar. Add the eggs, 2 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla.

In another bowl, stir together the flour, baking powder, and cocoa. Add 1/2 the flour mixture to the creamed mixture, beat well, add the remaining 1/2 flour mixture, and continue to beat at medium speed for 2 minutes. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes. Continue to bake for an additional 15 minutes if necessary, but do not open the oven to check the cake for at least 1 hour.