Chocolate Pound Cake

Title:
Chocolate Pound Cake

Yield:
24 Servings

Categories:
Cakes,
Desserts,
Family




Ingredients:





   1/2 lb Butter or margarine


   1/2 c  Vegetable shortening


     3 c  Sugar


     5    Eggs


     3 c  Sifted flour; plain


   1/2 c  Cocoa; Hershey's pref.


   1/2 ts Salt


   1/2 ts Baking powder


 1 1/4 c  Milk


     1 ts Vanilla


   1/2 c  Cocoa


     1 pk Powdered sugar


   1/3 c  Milk; hot


   1/4 lb Butter


     1 ts Vanilla






 Cream butter, shortening and sugar by hand until creamy. Beat on medium


 speed with electric mixer until creamy. Add 1 egg at a time and beat well


 after each addition. Mix all dry ingredients together and add alternately


 with milk, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and use low speed


 to mix well, scraping down sides with a rubber spatula.


 Prepare a large tubed pan - grease and line bottom with waxed paper. Bake


 at 325 deg. for 1 hour and 25 to 30 minutes. After cake is cool, top with


 the icing.


 For Icing: Sift together powdered sugar and 1/2 c. cocoa. Beat 1 stick


 butter until creamy. Add small amount of sugar mixture, beating on low


 speed. Add hot milk and remainder of sugar. Beat well and scrape sides of


 bowl with rubber spatula. Add vanilla; beat well and spread on cooled cake.


 


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