Mocha Pound Cake

Name: Mocha Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 c. butter or margarine; 2 c. sugar; 4 eggs; 2 3/4 c. unsifted flour; 1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa; 3 Tbsp. instant coffee powder, mash with back of spoon; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. baking soda; 2 tsp. vanilla; 1 c. sour cream

10 ingredients

8 steps

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
2 3/4 c. unsifted flour
1/2 c. unsweetened cocoa
3 Tbsp. instant coffee powder, mash with back of spoon
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. vanilla
1 c. sour cream

Directions

1

Cream butter and sugar; beat in eggs, one at a time.
2

Measure dry ingredients into a bowl, then sift.
3

Blend dry ingredients with the creamed mixture (spoon works best; batter is very thick at this point).
4

Add vanilla and sour cream, mixing until thoroughly blended.
5

Spoon into greased and floured 10-inch tube pan, spreading evenly.
6

Bake about 1 1/2 hours at 325°, until cake begins to pull away from sides of pan and tester comes out of the center clean.
7

Let cake stand in pan for 10 minutes before inverting pan on a rack to remove cake.
8

Cut into thin slices.