Chocolate Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 sticks room temperature butter
1/2 c. Crisco
2 1/2 c. sugar
3 c. flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. milk
2 tsp. vanilla
2/3 c. cocoa
5 eggs

Preparation

Grease and flour large tube cake pan.
Heat oven to 325\u00b0. Cream butter, Crisco and sugar.
Add eggs one at a time.
Sift together flour, baking powder, cocoa and salt.
Add to creamed mixture with milk and vanilla.
Mix well.
Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for approximately 1 hour and 15 minutes or until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.
If desired, place semi-sweet chocolate morsels on top as soon as it comes out of the oven.