Chocolate Pound Cake

Yields:	1 cake
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	Preparation	30 minutes
	Cooking	90 minutes
	Ready In	2 hours

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Ingredients

1	cup	butter	or margarine, softened
1/2	cup	vegetable shortening
3	cups	sugar
5	large	eggs
1 1/2	teaspoons	vanilla extract
3	cups	flour, all-purpose	sifted
1/2	cup	cocoa powder
1/2	teaspoon	salt
1/2	teaspoon	baking powder
1/2	cup	milk

Directions

Preheat oven to 325.

Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan.

Cream butter, shortening, and sugar together in mixing bowl until light and fluffy.

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.

Blend in vanilla.

Sift flour, cocoa, salt, and baking powder together; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

Mix well after each addition.

Spoon batter into prepared pan.

Bake for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted one inch from edge comes out clean.

Cool in pan for 10 minutes; turn out onto wire rack and cool completely.

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