Chocolate Pound Cake

Ingredients

Dorothy Cook, Crenshaw County

½ lb. butter (2 sticks)

½ cup shortening (Crisco)

3 cups sugar

5 eggs

3 cups flour or 1 cup self-rising and 2 cups plain (omit baking powder and salt when using self-rising flour)

½ tsp. Baking powder

½ tsp. salt

4 tbsp. cocoa

1 cup milk

1 tbsp. vanilla flavoring

Frosting:

¼ cup butter (1 stick)

1 box powdered sugar

2 tbsp. cocoa

1 tsp. vanilla flavoring

2 to 3 tbsp. milk as needed

Preparation

Cream butter & shortening then add sugar and cream really well.  Add eggs one at a time until mixed.  Sift dry ingredients together and add alternately with milk.  Add vanilla and bake in tube pan for 90 minutes at 325 degrees.  

Frosting:

Mix ingredients until creamy.  May cover cake while hot.