Glazed Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe

Glazed Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe

  • Cake:
  • Crisco® Flour No-Stick Spray
  • 1 cup Crisco® Pure Canola Oil or Crisco® Light Tasting Olive Oil
  • 3 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 5 large eggs
  • 3 1/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups buttermilk
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • Glaze:
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup Crisco® Butter Shortening
  • 1 tablespoon light corn syrup
  1. Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 10-inch tube pan with flour no-stick cooking spray.
  2. Combine oil, sugar and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at low speed until blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally.
  3. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt in medium bowl. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to the egg mixture, beating well after each addition. Stir in 1 cup chocolate chips. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
  4. Bake 1 hour, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool on wire rack 20 minutes. Invert onto serving plate. Cool completely.
  5. For Glaze: Combine 1 cup chocolate chips, shortening and corn syrup in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on MEDIUM for 1 minute; stir. Repeat at 15 second intervals, until just melted and smooth.
  6. Cool slightly. Spoon over cake. Let stand until glaze is firm.