Brownie Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 cup shortening
2 sticks (1 cup) butter or margarine
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp. cocoa
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/4 cups 2% milk
2 cups chopped pecans
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
In large bowl, cream shortening, butter, and sugar with electric mixer.
Add eggs one at a time, beating thoroughly after each.
In a separate bowl, sift 3 cups of flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt.
Add sifted ingredients and milk to creamed mixture alternating each. Beginning and ending with sifted mixture.
Add vanilla.
Beat 2 minutes.
Combine pecans with 2 tablespoons of flour to prevent pecans from settling to the bottom.
Fold pecans into batter. Bake in a well greased tube pan for 1 1/2 hours or until a wooden toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Remove from oven and cool for 10 minutes.
Turn out of pan and top with Mel's chocolate topping.