Title

Chocolate Pound Cake

Subject

margarine

Crisco

sugar

flour

baking powder

salt

cocoa

milk

eggs

vanilla

powdered sugar

Description

Chocolate Pound Cake
1/2 lb margarine 1 tsp. Baking Powder
1/2 cup Crisco pinch salt
3 cups sugar 1/2 cup cocoa
3 cups flour

Cream margarine and Crisco, add sifted dry
ingredients, then add one cup of milk and five
eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
egg is added. Add 1 1/4 tsp Vanilla.
Bake at 325 degrees for 1½ hours, or until
testing straw come out clean. Cool completely
before icing.
Icing - 1 box powdered sugar, 1 stick margar-
ine, 4 heaping tbsp. cocoa, milk to make
spreadable

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# Chocolate Pound Cake

## Ingredients

- 1/2 lb margarine
- 1/2 cup Crisco
- 3 cups sugar
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- Pinch salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1 cup milk
- 5 eggs
- 1 1/4 tsp vanilla

## Instructions

1. Cream margarine and Crisco.
2. Add sifted dry ingredients.
3. Add one cup of milk, then add five eggs, one at a time, beating well after each egg is added.
4. Add vanilla.
5. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 1/2 hours, or until a testing straw comes out clean.
6. Cool completely before icing.

## Icing

## Ingredients

- 1 box (1 lb) powdered sugar
- 1 stick margarine
- 4 heaping Tbsp cocoa
- Milk to make spreadable

## Instructions

1. Combine powdered sugar, margarine, and cocoa.
2. Add milk as needed until spreadable.
3. Ice the completely cooled cake.

Creator

Paula Guffey

Source

RCA0003 - VTG LG Wood Recipe Box Dove Tail w/Metal Hinges Full Of Recipes & Handwritten (eBay)

Date

1950s

Rights

Personal/Family

Format

Handwritten recipe card

Identifier

RCA0003-20260513-0085

Coverage

Indiana, US