Chocolate Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
3 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 c. milk
1 c. shortening
5 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
5 Tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0
Cream together butter, shortening and sugar.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition.
Mix in separate bowl, flour, salt, baking powder and cocoa.
Add dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla, beating after each addition.
Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.
Pour batter into pan and bake 1 1/2 hours.
This cake doesn't need frosting, but the Chocolate Gloss can be added if desired.