CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE WITH FUDGE FROSTING

By gaster16

Ingredients

• Fudge Frosting:
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1/2 cup softening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups sifted cake flour
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1-1/4 cups milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Fudge frosting
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2/3 cup milk
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Cream butter and shortening, gradually add sugar beating well at medium speed of mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beat after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, and cocoa and stir well. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix just until blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into greased and floured 10" tube pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in cetner comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes, remove from pan, and let cool completely on wire rack.

Fudge Frosting:

Combine all ingredients except vanilla in heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, pour into small mixing bowl and add vanilla. Beat at high speed of mixer 5 minutes.