CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE I

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This was my mother's recipe. You may eat it as is or put a fudge frosting on it.

Provided by Suzanne Stull

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Pound Cake Recipes

Yield 14

Number Of Ingredients 10

3 cups white sugar
1 cup butter, softened
½ cup shortening
3 ½ cups all-purpose flour
5 eggs
½ teaspoon baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ⅛ cups milk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
  • Cream together butter or margarine, shortening, and sugar. Add the eggs, vanilla, and salt mixing batter until light and creamy.
  • Add 1cup flour and the baking powder to egg butter mixture. Stir until just combined. Then add 1/2 cup milk stirring until combined. Continue alternating flour and milk, ending with flour.
  • Stir in cocoa and mix well. Place batter in a greased and floured tube pan that has been lined with greased and floured baking parchment paper.
  • Bake in a preheated 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) oven for 1 hour 30 minutes.
  • Cool cake in pan for 10 minutes. Then remove cake from its pan and let cool on a wire rack.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 504.8 calories, Carbohydrate 69.6 g, Cholesterol 102.9 mg, Fat 23.4 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 6.9 g, SaturatedFat 11.3 g, Sodium 186.7 mg, Sugar 44.1 g

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