Chocolate Pound Cake

It's simple, and beautiful ^^. With load of chocolate in the batter, you know that this cake is what you want.

Chocolate pound cake can be made with cocoa powder but, it's not what I long for, I want something with real chocolate taste. Adding melted chocolate into the batter is good for deepen the chocolate taste, but it can create downside, as the chocolate will firm up and make the cake too hard to enjoy. By substituting some part of the butter in the recipe with oil you can reduce this problem as the oil won't become hard and using flavourless oil like rice bran oil, the taste of the chocolate is still shine ^^.
You can use 50-70% chocolate for this recipe, but don't forget that the higher the percentage, mean less sweetness and softness too. Serve this simple but delicious chocolate cake plain, or with whipped cream and fruit is very recommended.

Recipe: CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE
สูตรภาษาไทย: ช็อกโกแลตปอนน์เค้ก
日本語のレシピ：チョコレートパウンドケーキ
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Chocolate Pound Cake

Make 18x8 cm loaf

60g ........................... Unsalted butter, soft
20g ........................... Rice bran oil
80g ........................... Granulated sugar
2 ............................... Egg
60g ........................... Dark chocolate
50g ........................... Cake flour
10g ........................... Cocoa powder
1/4tsp ....................... Baking powder

Preheat an oven to 170C
Line 18X8 cm loaf pan with baking paper.
Sift together cake flour, cocoa powder and baking powder, set aside.

I use Rice bran oil ^^.

Put the butter and rice bran oil into the bowl and beat to combine.
Put the sugar into the bowl and beat until lighten in color.

Put the chocolate into a microwavable bowl, and heat in a microwave for 1-2 minutes (600W), stir until melted completely.

Pour the melted chocolate into the bowl and beat to combine.

Put the eggs into the bowl and beat to combine.

Pour the flour mixture into the bowl and beat to combine.

Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, tap lightly to smooth the top.

Bake for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick insert into a center comes out with few crumbs.
Let the cake cool in the pan for 5 minutes, and remove from the pan to cool completely.

Chocolate Pound Cake