Chocolate Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients: 1 c. butter or margarine, softened; 1/2 c. butter flavored vegetable shortening; 3 c. sugar; 5 large eggs; 1 (1 oz.) sq. unsweetened chocolate, melted; 3 c. all-purpose flour; 1/2 tsp. baking powder; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1/3 c. cocoa; 1 c. milk; 1/2 c. chopped pecans; 1 tsp. vanilla, butter and nut flavoring; 1 tsp. vanilla extract

13 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine, softened
1/2 c. butter flavored vegetable shortening
3 c. sugar
5 large eggs
1 (1 oz.) sq. unsweetened chocolate, melted
3 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. cocoa
1 c. milk
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 tsp. vanilla, butter and nut flavoring
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Directions

1

Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until creamy.
2

Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed 5 to 7 minutes.
3

Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
4

Stir in melted chocolate. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.
5

Add pecans and flavorings.
6

Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
7

Bake at 325° for 1 hour and 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Shield cake with aluminum foil for the last 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan and let cool completely on wire rack.
8

Yield:
9

One 10-inch cake.