DOUBLE CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE RECIPES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly butter and flour a 4 1/2-by-8 1/2-inch loaf pan. In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar on medium-high until very light and fluffy, 7 minutes. Scrape down bowl and beat 1 minute more. Add vanilla, then gradually add eggs, beating well and scraping down bowl as needed. With mixer on low, add salt, then gradually add flour and cocoa powder, beating well to combine and scraping down bowl as needed. Fold chocolate into batter.
• Transfer batter to pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 65 minutes. Let cool in pan on a wire rack, 1 hour. Remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack before slicing.
• To store, wrap in plastic and keep at room temperature, up to 3 days, or wrap in plastic and freeze for up to 3 weeks. (Thaw, wrapped, at room temperature.)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour the pan. In a small bowl, dissolve instant coffee in water; stir in cocoa powder and mix well. Set aside to cool.
• Stir together flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside. In a large bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add vanilla. Mix well. Combine cocoa mixture and sour cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture, beating after each addition until smooth. Fold in chocolate chips. Spoon 4 1/2 cups batter into top of cupcake pan. Spoon remaining batter into bottom of pan.
• Bake 60-70 minutes until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Turn cake onto wire rack to cool completely. To assemble cupcake, ice top of bottom half. Place top half atop iced bottom half. Decorate as desired.