Chocolate Pound Cake - Fudge Icing - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. butter or margarine
3 c. sugar
5 eggs
1/2 c. cocoa
1 1/4 c. milk
1/2 c. Crisco
3 c. flour
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. chopped pecans (optional)

Preparation

Cream the butter, shortening and sugar. Sift dry ingredients together.
Add dry ingredients and milk alternately, about 1/3 at a time, beating constantly. Add eggs, one at a time.
Add vanilla. Pour batter into greased and floured tube pan. Bake 1 hour and 25 minutes at 300\u00b0.