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Chocolate Pound Cake

There's nothing more gratifying than taking a bite out of the cake that you'd baked yourself. Follow these simple steps and have fun baking!

Ingredients

1½ cups	Cake flour
½ cups	MacChocolate
1 tsp	Baking powder
½ tsp	Salt
1 cup (2 sticks)	Unsalted butter, room temperature
1¼ cups	Sugar
4	Large eggs
¾ cup	Sour cream
1 tbsp	Vanilla extract
1 cup (about 6½ ounces)	Semi-sweet miniature chocolate chips

Procedure

1.	Preheat oven to 325°F.
2.	Butter and flour 9x5x3-inch metal loaf pan.
3.	Sift flour, MacChocolate, baking powder and salt into a medium bowl.
4.	Using an electric mixer, beat butter in a large bowl until fluffy.
5.	Gradually add sugar; beat until well blended.
6.	Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
7.	Beat in sour cream and vanilla. Add dry ingredients in 3 additions, beating well after each addition.
8.	Fold in chocolate chips. Transfer batter to pan. Smooth top.
9.	Bake cake until tester inserted into centre comes out clean. Baking time: about 1 hour 35 minutes.
10.	Let cool for 15 minutes. Run a knife between the pan's sides and the cake. Turn the cake out onto a rack.
11.	Let the cake cool further. Then wrap in foil and let stand at room temperature for at least 1 day.

Optional

12.	Cut the pound cake into thick ¾-inch slices.
13.	Spoon sweetened strawberries on top and add a scoop of ice cream alongside it.
14.	Drizzle with bittersweet chocolate sauce and serve.

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