Fudge Chip Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

• 6 tablespoons sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
• 1 1/2 tablespoons water
• 1/2 cup butter, room temperature (1 stick)
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/8 teaspoon baking soda

Recipe

• 1 in heavy small saucepan, blend sugar and cocoa. stir in water. bring to simmer over medium-low heat, stirring until smooth. gently simmer about 3 minutes. set aside to cool.
• 2 preheat oven to 350°f . butter and flour a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• 3 in large bowl of electric mixer, cream ½ cup butter until fluffy. gradually beat in sugar. beat in eggs one at a time. blend in vanilla.
• 4 sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in small bowl. add to batter alternatively with milk, blending well after each addition. fold in chocolate chips.
• 5 pour 1/3 of batter into prepared pan, spreading higher at edges.
• 6 divide remaining batter in half. blend half into cooled cocoa mixture with baking soda. spoon over batter in pan and spread, leaving ½-inch border at edges.
• 7 pour remaining light batter over top.
• 8 bake 65 to 70 minutes, until cake tester comes out clean.
• 9 cool in pan 10 minutes.
• 10 invert cake onto rack and cool completely.