AUNT JAN'S CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE

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This is my Great Aunt Jan's recipe and it has been in the family for years. She passed it on to me and I have been making it for years now. It is just the best pound cake I've ever had and it is a special request at all family functions. Tips: make sure that all butter, shortening and cream cheese are soft for easiest mixing, I...

Provided by Dee Allen

Categories     Chocolate

Time 1h55m

Number Of Ingredients 15

1/2 lb butter, unsalted
1/2 c shortening, butter flavor
3 c sugar
5 eggs
3 c cake flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
1/2 c cocoa, unsweetened
1 1/4 c buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla
CREAM CHEESE FROSTING
2 pkg cream cheese
2 stick butter
16 oz confectioners' sugar
1 tsp vanilla

Steps:

  • 1. preheat oven to 325
  • 2. cream butter, shortening and sugar and then mix in eggs one at a time.
  • 3. sift flour. baking powder, cocoa, and salt
  • 4. mix buttermilk and vanilla together
  • 5. alternate between adding wet and dry ingredients until all mixed together
  • 6. Pour batter into a greased tube pan that has been dusted with cocoa powder and bake for 1 hour and 25 minutes. Let cake cool completely and then frost with cream cheese frosting.
  • 7. For cream cheese frosting mix softened cream cheese and butter with confectioners sugar and vanilla until smooth and creamy.

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