Baking and Desserts

Chocolate Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 2 sticks butter
• 1/2 cup Crisco
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon vanilla

Directions

1. Cream the butter and Crisco, add the sugar.
2. Add the eggs one at a time, beating after each addition.
3. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt (or skip sifting). Add the dry ingredients alternately with the milk. Add the vanilla before the last addition of flour.
4. Bake in a greased and floured tube pan for 1 hour and 15 minutes at 325°F.

Notes

• I set my oven at 340°F and bake it for one and a half hours; it depends on your oven.