Chocolate Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients: 2 sticks room temperature butter; 1/2 c. Crisco; 2 1/2 c. sugar; 3 c. flour; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1 c. milk; 2 tsp. vanilla; 2/3 c. cocoa; 5 eggs

10 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

2 sticks room temperature butter
1/2 c. Crisco
2 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
2 tsp. vanilla
2/3 c. cocoa
5 eggs

Directions

1

Grease and flour large tube cake pan.
2

Heat oven to 325°. Cream butter, Crisco and sugar.
3

Add eggs one at a time.
4

Sift together flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt.
5

Add to creamed mixture with milk and vanilla.
6

Mix well.
7

Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
8

Bake at 325° for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes or until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.
9

If desired, place semi-sweet chocolate morsels on top as soon as it comes out of the oven.