Chocolate Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks butter, softened
1/2 c. Crisco
3 c. sugar
5 eggs (room temperature)
3 c. cake flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1/2 c. cocoa
1 1/4 c. milk
1 Tbsp. vanilla

Preparation

Cream shortening and sugar.
Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time.
Beat well.
Sift dry ingredients (including cocoa).
Add alternately with milk, starting and ending with flour.
Pour into tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Do not overbake.