Chocolate Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Pound Cake
Yield: Serves 16 to 20
Ingredients: 3 cups sugar; 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter; 1/4 pound (1 stick) margarine; 5 eggs; 3 cups cake flour; 4 tablespoons cocoa; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 teaspoon baking powder; 1 cup milk; 1 tablespoon vanilla

December 14, 2011

Recipe information

Yield
Serves 16 to 20

Ingredients

3 cups sugar

1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter

1/4 pound (1 stick) margarine

5 eggs

3 cups cake flour

4 tablespoons cocoa

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup milk

1 tablespoon vanilla

Preparation

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix sugar with butter and margarine; add eggs one at a time, beating after each. Mix together dry ingredients. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk to butter mixture, beginning with flour and ending with flour. Add vanilla. Bake in a greased and floured tube pan for about 1 hour.

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