Chocolate Pound Cake

• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 cups granulated sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 cups all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 5 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 cup milk

Cream butter and shortening; add sugar and mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition; beat in vanilla. Combine dry ingredients in a separate bowl then add a little at a time to the creamed mixture, alternating with the milk. Bake the chocolate pound cake in a greased 10-inch tube pan at 325° for 80 minutes, or until cake bounces back when touched lightly in the center with finger.