Chocolate Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients: 3 c. sifted cake flour; 1/2 c. cocoa; 1 tsp. salt; 1/2 tsp. double-acting baking powder; 2 1/4 c. sugar; 1 tsp. vanilla flavoring; 5 unbeaten eggs; 1 c. milk; 1 c. butter and 1/2 c. shortening

9 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

3 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 c. cocoa
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. double-acting baking powder
2 1/4 c. sugar
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
5 unbeaten eggs
1 c. milk
1 c. butter and 1/2 c. shortening

Directions

1

Sift together all dry ingredients.
2

Cream together butter, shortening and sugar until real light.
3

Add vanilla and add eggs one at a time, beating well after each one.
4

Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Beat well after each addition. Turn into tube pan, well-greased. Start off in cold oven.
5

Turn heat to 325° and bake 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours.