Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
Try this quick and easy old-fashioned recipe for a deliciously dense and moist Chocolate Chip Pound Cake that everyone is sure to enjoy.
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The BEST Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
Pound cakes originated in England in the 1700s and got their name because the recipe called for one pound each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs.
Modern recipes for pound cake generally don’t follow the original blueprint, but they are delicious none the less. This recipe for Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Pound Cake is still made with flour, sugar, butter and eggs, just not quite a pound of each.
I know your loved ones will enjoy this slightly dense, rich and moist pound cake recipe with mini chocolate chips sprinkled throughout. Happy baking friends!
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Ingredients for Chocolate Chip Pound Cake:
- flour
- baking powder
- salt
- butter
- sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- milk
- mini chocolate chips
How to Make Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
Preheat oven to 325 F and grease a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
In a separate bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition.
Next, beat in the vanilla extract.
Add half of the flour mixture to the bowl and beat until mixed, then add half of the milk and beat until mixed.
Repeat with the remaining flour and milk.
Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Slice and enjoy!
Old-Fashioned Chocolate Chip Pound Cake
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 cups flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 F and grease a loaf pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating between each addition.
- Next, beat in the vanilla extract.
- Add half of the flour mixture to the bowl and beat until mixed, then add half of the milk and beat until mixed.
- Repeat with the remaining flour and milk.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire cooling rack to cool completely. Slice and enjoy!