This was always a family staple, especially for beach trips. I got to eat it every day for breakfast and it still holds a very special place in my heart. Since we were going to the beach with Jeff's family, I decided that it had been far too long since I had a chocolate pound cake and I should make one. While I was at it, I decided I should also make one for some wonderful folks at camp after I got back from Branson. (Theirs is the one in the picture!) I'm lazy, so I just got around to getting this all together, so here it is!It's so stinking simple, hopefully you have all this stuff just hanging out in your fridge/pantry! If not, you probably should!
3 cups flour
3 cups sugar
2 sticks butter
1/2 cup shortening
5 eggs
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
4 Tbsp. cocoa powder
Mix it all together, then bake in a tube pan (angel food cake pan) at 325 degrees for 80 minutes. Make sure you let it cool before you flip it out! Then enjoy it with a big glass of milk!
This sounds good and so simple! Why an angel food cake pan instead of a bundt pan?
ReplyDeleteI guess it doesn't really matter, that's just what my family has always used! We never make angel food cake, so it's just "the pound cake pan" to us!
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