Chocolate Amaretto Pound Cake - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Position an oven rack in the center of the oven.
Preheat the oven to 325\u00b0F
Grease a 10-inch bundt pan.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream the butter.
Gradually add the sugar, beating until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
Add the Amaretto, beat to blend.
In a medium bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder.
Add the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk, mixing until evenly blended.
Pour batter into the prepared pan.
Bake for 1 hour and 15 to 20 minutes, until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let the cake cool in the pan for 15 minutes.
Remove the cake from the pan to a rack to cool completely.
Dust with confectioner's sugar.
Great with real whipped cream.