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chocolate pound cake

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Nancy Allen
Wentzville, MO

Really good pound cake from scratch.

(1 rating)
yield 12 -16 servings
prep time 15 Min
cook time 1 Hr
method Bake

Ingredients For chocolate pound cake

  • 3 c
    sugar
  • 2 stick
    butter, softened
  • 1/2 c
    butter crisco
  • 5 lg
    eggs
  • 3 1/2 c
    all purpose flour
  • 4 Tbsp
    cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/2 tsp
    baking powder
  • 1 c
    milk
  • 1 tsp
    pure vanilla extract

How To Make chocolate pound cake

  • 1
    Preheat oven to 350. Cream together in a mixing bowl, sugar, butter, and shortening. Add eggs, one at a time to creamed mixture stirring well after each one.
  • 2
    Sift together dry ingredients. Alternate adding sifted ingredients and liquid ingredients into creamed mixture until all ingredients are blended together.
  • 3
    Pour into greased 13x9 baking dish and bake at 350 for 1 hour, it may need an extra 10 minutes if not done in center. Test with toothpick.

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