Chocolate Amaretto Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups butter, room temperature
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1/4 cup amaretto
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 cup buttermilk
• confectioners' sugar, for dusting

Recipe

• 1 position an oven rack in the center of the oven.
• 2 preheat the oven to 325°f
• 3 grease a 10-inch bundt pan.
• 4 in the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter.
• 5 gradually add the sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
• 6 add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 7 add the amaretto, beat to blend.
• 8 in a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder.
• 9 add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, mixing until evenly blended.
• 10 pour batter into the prepared pan.
• 11 bake for 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
• 12 let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
• 13 remove the cake from the pan to a rack to cool completely.
• 14 dust with confectioner's sugar.
• 15 great with real whipped cream.