lillie mae's chocolate pound cake

Name: Lillie Mae's Chocolate Pound Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 1 cup(s) crisco or oil; 2 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 5 - eggs; 2 1/2 cup(s) flour; 1 1/4 teaspoon(s) baking powder; 1/2 teaspoon(s) salt; 1 cup(s) milk; 2 teaspoon(s) vanilla; 1/4 cup(s) cocoa, unsweetened

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Rhonda Wheeler

Warren, MI

Updated on Jan 4, 2012

My grandma made this all the time. It's the moistest pound cake I have had. You can also make it vanilla.

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prep time 20 Min

cook time 1 Hr 20 Min

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yield 8 serving(s)

Ingredients

1 cup crisco or oil
2 1/2 cups sugar
5 - eggs
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/4 cup cocoa, unsweetened

How To Make lillie mae's chocolate pound cake

Step 1

Cream sugar and butter.

Step 2

Add eggs one at a time. Mix well.
Step 3

Add vanilla and milk mix well.
Step 4

Mix flour, baking powder,salt,cocoa.
Step 5

Alternte mixing dry ingredients into liquid ingredients in a seperate bowl.
Step 6

If too liquidy add more flour. If too dry add more milk.
Step 7

Pour into greased and floured tube pan.
Step 8

Bake at 325 degrees for one hour and 20 minutes till toothpick in center comes out clean.
Step 9

To make vanilla pound cake omit cocoa.
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