Chocolate Pound Cake I

This was my mother's recipe. You may eat it as is or put a fudge frosting on it.

• Calories: 505 Calories

Ingredients

• ½ cup shortening
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• 5 eggs
• ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3 cups white sugar
• 1 ⅛ cups milk

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

Step 2

Cream together butter or margarine, shortening, and sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla, and salt mixing batter until light and creamy.

Step 3

Add 1cup flour and the baking powder to egg butter mixture. Stir until just combined. Then add 1/2 cup milk stirring until combined. Continue alternating flour and milk, ending with flour.

Step 4

Stir in cocoa and mix well. Place batter in a greased and floured tube pan that has been lined with greased and floured baking parchment paper.

Step 5

Bake in a preheated 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) oven for 1 hour 30 minutes.

Step 6

Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Then remove cake from its pan and let cool on a wire rack.