Chocolate Pound Cake Recipe
Ingredients
3 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup cocoa, sifted
1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup lard
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 1/4 cups milk
Directions
Sift the flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa together and blend thoroughly; set aside.
Cream butter and lard with extracts.
Gradually add sugar, creaming thoroughly.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Beating only until blended after each addition, alternately add dry ingredients in fourths and milk in thirds to creamed mixture.
Turn batter into a greased (bottom only) 10-inch tubed pan.
Bake at 325°F 1 1/2 hours, or until cake tests done.
Cool 15 minutes in pan on wire rack; remove and cool completely.
Cream butter and lard with extracts.
Gradually add sugar, creaming thoroughly.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating thoroughly after each addition.
Beating only until blended after each addition, alternately add dry ingredients in fourths and milk in thirds to creamed mixture.
Turn batter into a greased (bottom only) 10-inch tubed pan.
Bake at 325°F 1 1/2 hours, or until cake tests done.
Cool 15 minutes in pan on wire rack; remove and cool completely.
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