Chocolate Amaretto Pound Cake

Dusted with confectioner's sugar, this appears to be a simple pound cake...however, in the mouth it is anything but simple! This cake is moist, dense, and very chocolatey-almondy-buttery..... just down right delicious!! I have been making this recipe for years and like to serve it with real whipped cream. This is another creation by Boston caterer, Ellen Helman, from The Uncommon Gourmet.

• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Serves: 10
• Yields: 1 bundt cake

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

Directions

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.