Friday, February 3, 2017

How To Make Chocolate Pound Cake — Baking Lessons from The Kitchn

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Chocolate pound cake comes together so easily that it’s an everyday cake, but the taste and texture — that close-knit, tight crumb unique to a pound cake — plus the deep chocolate flavor make it feel like a luscious, special-occasion treat. It’s really the epitome of “it’s easier than it looks.” A slice of this buttery, chocolatey cake is charming as a weeknight dessert, but it’s also terrific as a midnight munch with a glass of cold milk or an after-school snack for lucky kids.

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