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Chocolate Pound Cake




Source of Recipe


The Red Hat Society Cookbook






List of Ingredients



• 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
  
• 1/2 cup shortening
  
• 3 cups sugar
  
• 5 eggs
  
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1/2 cup cocoa
  
• 1/4 tsp salt
  
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
  
• 1 cup milk
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour a tube pan.
   
2. Mix the butter, shortening, and sugar together well.
   
3. Add the eggs, one at a time, and beat well.
   
4. Sift together the flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder and add alternately with the milk and vanilla extract.
   
5. Bake in tube pan for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
   






Final Comments


Makes 1 cake