Chocolate Bundt Cake

This simple recipe makes a delicious chocolate Bundt cake.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 1 hr 10 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins
• Calories: 568 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 cup milk
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 5 eggs
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 cups white sugar

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch Bundt pan. Sift flour, baking powder, salt and cocoa. Set aside.

Step 2

In a large bowl, cream butter, shortening, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each. Add flour mixture alternately with the milk. Mix well.

Step 3

Pour into 10 inch Bundt pan. Bake at 325 F (165 degrees C) for 70 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into cake comes out clean. Let cool for 10 minutes in the pan, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely.