CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE
Pies, Cakes and Desserts
Ingredients
- Fleda W. Harris (Nana)
- 1 large cake
- 2 sticks margarine
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 3 cups sugar
- 5 eggs
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1 cup milk
Directions
Cream together 2 sticks margarine and 1/2 cup shortening.
Add 3 cups sugar and blend well.
Add 5 eggs, one at a time. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla.
Sift together 3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder,
1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup cocoa.
Add to first mixture.
Add 1 cup milk.
Pour into tube pan and bake at 325° for 1 hour and
20 minutes.
VARIATIONS: Fleda’s recipe calls for 1/2 cup oil
in place of shortening and cake bakes at 350° instead
of 325.
Add 3 cups sugar and blend well.
Add 5 eggs, one at a time. Add 1 tablespoon vanilla.
Sift together 3 cups flour, 1/2 teaspoon baking powder,
1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup cocoa.
Add to first mixture.
Add 1 cup milk.
Pour into tube pan and bake at 325° for 1 hour and
20 minutes.
VARIATIONS: Fleda’s recipe calls for 1/2 cup oil
in place of shortening and cake bakes at 350° instead
of 325.
Source: PDF page 168
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