This chocolate root beer pound cake starts with a moist chocolate root pound cake laden with root beer flavor to create a rich cake with flavor!

Are you ready for this epic pound cake? Trust me when I tell you – it's worth every calorie!

This chocolate root pound cake has a great blend of chocolate and root beer.

We use cocoa powder, root beer extract and real root beer to give it an intense, delicious taste.

Then just a pinch of powdered sugar on it and ready to serve! So easy!

Like all the many pound cakes before, this one is a jerk, but in the best way.

If you are a lover of pound cake like me, do not miss my almond amaretto pound cake.

I also have a few other pound cake recipes (like the Nutella Swirl Pound Cake or the Blueberry Lime Cream Cheese Pound Cake), but this almond Amaretto version is one of my favorite recipes ever.

I made this Chocolate Root Beer Pound Cake using the same basic recipe except we added chocolate and root beer flavors.

It's as epically delicious as the original, just a fun different kind of chocolate!

Do it yourself

This is a great recipe to swap flavors with a few simple swap actions and make it your own.

For example, you could use another dark soda instead of root beer. Like cola or pepsi. Even cream soda would be good in this cake.

Alternatively, swap the soda for an alcohol like rum – a chocolate rum pound cake sounds delicious to me!

Finally, I think this pound cake is perfect with just icing sugar on the top. You could, however, make a frosting for above.

Root beer extract

If you want a deep root beer flavor, you need to add a bit of root beer extract to your dough.

It's definitely not necessary, but it will deepen the taste of root beer in your chocolate root beer pound cake.

Since this is a pound cake, you can only add so much root beer before you lose the dense pound cake texture.

I buy my root beer extract at amazon (affiliate link).

This Chocolate Root Beer Pound Cake is a wonderful make-ahead party dessert.

This pound cake is stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days and can be transported wonderfully!

The cake can be eaten for up to a week but is not so moist after the three days have passed. So think about it.

The complete recipe I've developed for you can be found at Dixie Crystals!

RECIPE: Chocolate Root Beer Pound Cake