Chocolate Pound Cake

10 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb. butter
  • 1/2 c. shortening
  • 3 c. white sugar
  • 3 c. plain flour
  • 4 Tbsp. (heaping) cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1 c. milk
  • 5 eggs

Directions

  1. 1
    Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
  2. 2
    Add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat only enough to blend well.
  3. 3
    Sift together dry ingredients. Add dry mixture, alternating with the milk, to the creamed mixture.
  4. 4
    Mix thoroughly, but do not overbeat.
  5. 5
    Fold in flavoring. Pour batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
  6. 6
    Bake at 350° for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
  7. 7
    Cool in pan approximately 5 minutes. Invert on a rack to complete cooling.

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