Chocolate Pound Cake - cooking recipe

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

Preparation

Cream butter, shortening and sugar.
Add eggs, 1 at a time. Beat only enough to blend well.
Sift together dry ingredients. Add dry mixture, alternating with the milk, to the creamed mixture.
Mix thoroughly, but do not overbeat.
Fold in flavoring. Pour batter into a greased and floured tube pan.
Bake at 350\u00b0 for 1 hour and 20 minutes.
Cool in pan approximately 5 minutes. Invert on a rack to complete cooling.