Chocolate Pound Cake

Directions

1. 1
   Cream butter, shortening and sugar well.
2. 2
   Add eggs, one at a time, and blend.
3. 3
   Sift together flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder.
4. 4
   Add flour and milk alternately, starting and ending with flour.
5. 5
   Add flavoring.
6. 6
   Bake in large 10-inch tube pan, well-greased and floured.
7. 7
   Bake at 315° for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Let cool 10 minutes in pan and cool on rack for 5 minutes.
8. 8
   Then turn out onto plate.
9. 9
   Leave out the cocoa and add a little more flour if you want a plain cake.