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Ingredients
| multipurpose shortening: 1/2 cup |
| salted butter: 1 cup (softened) |
| granulated sugar: 3 cups |
| eggs: 5 |
| all-purpose flour (unsifted): 3 cups |
| baking powder: 1/2 tsp |
| salt: 1/2 tsp |
| unsweetened cocoa powder (sifted): 1/2 cup |
| 2% milk: 1 1/4 cups |
| vanilla extract: 1 tsp |
| powdered sugar |
Chocolate Pound Cake
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User rating:
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Prep Time
15 min -
Cook Time
75 min -
Servings
1 serving(s)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix shortening and butter until blended.
- Gradually add sugar, until completely blended.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each egg.
- Sift dry ingredients together.
- Alternately add dry ingredients and milk to shortening mixture, starting and ending with dry ingredients. Mixing until just blended after each addition.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Pour into greased and floured 10-inch tube or bundt pan (I use a bundt pan).
- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.
- Cool for 10-15 minutes in pan then remove and cool completely on wire rack.
- Lightly sprinkle powdered sugar on top or you could drizzle a chocolate galze over it.