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Jan's Dark Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake

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Jan's Dark Chocolate Swirl Pound Cake

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Category

Cake Recipes

Time

0 min

Serving

12 persons

Calories

636

Rating

4.00★ (16)

Cuisine

Author: Victoria Buriak
Pretty marbled pound cake with rich, dark chocolate. Simple to make in no time at all! This is a great cake for making a day ahead or freezing.

Ingredients

  • ½ cups unsalted butter, at room temperature: 1 piece
  • cream cheese, at room temperature: 1 pack (8 ounce pack)
  • white sugar: 3 cups
  • ½ teaspoons almond extract: 1 piece
  • ½ teaspoons vanilla extract: 1 piece
  • salt: 1 tsp
  • baking powder: 1 tsp
  • eggs, at room temperature: 6 piece
  • cake flour: 3 cups
  • unsweetened cocoa powder: 0.33333 cup

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Stages of cooking

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  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
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  2. Beat butter and cream cheese together in a bowl using an electric mixer until well combined. Add sugar and beat until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Mix almond extract, vanilla extract, salt, and baking powder into creamed mixture; beat in 2 eggs. Add 1 cup flour and mix well. Add 2 eggs and mix well. Add 1 cup flour and mix well. Add last 2 eggs and mix well. Add remaining 1 cup flour and mix until batter is smooth.
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  3. Remove 2 cups batter and place in a separate bowl; stir in cocoa powder. Pour 1/2 of the plain batter into the prepared pan; add 1/2 of the chocolate batter and swirl with a knife. Repeat with remaining plain batter and chocolate batter, swirling gently.
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  4. Place pan in the middle rack of the preheated oven; bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 90 minutes.
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