Chocolate Pound Cake

8 ounces unsalted butter -- room temperature
2 1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon instant espresso powder
5 eggs
2 1/2 cups cake flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
4 tablespoons Frangelico or Kahlua

Preheat oven to 325. Grease on 12-cup Bundt cake pan.

In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar together with vanilla until fluffy.

Gradually blend in eggs. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt. In 3 additions, combine chocolate mixture and dry ingredients, thinning with milk as needed. Fold in Kahlua or Frangelico.

Bake for 1 hour or until the cake tests done. Let cake cook in pan for about 15 to 20 minutes.

Dust with confectioners' sugar if desired. Author: unknown