Chocolate Pound Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter or margarine, softened
1/2 c. butter flavored vegetable shortening
3 c. sugar
5 large eggs
1 (1 oz.) sq. unsweetened chocolate, melted
3 c. all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 c. cocoa
1 c. milk
1/2 c. chopped pecans
1 tsp. vanilla, butter and nut flavoring
1 tsp. vanilla extract

Preparation

Beat butter and shortening at medium speed with an electric mixer about 2 minutes or until creamy.
Gradually add sugar, beating at medium speed 5 to 7 minutes.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.
Stir in melted chocolate. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix at low speed just until blended after each addition.
Add pecans and flavorings.
Spoon batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan.
Bake at 325\u00b0 for 1 hour and 35 to 40 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean. Shield cake with aluminum foil for the last 10 to 15 minutes; remove from pan and let cool completely on wire rack.
Yield:
One 10-inch cake.