• 1/2 pound butter
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 eggs
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 4 Tablespoons cocoa
• 1 cup milk
• 1 Tablespoon vanilla

Cream butter, shortening, and sugar.

Add one egg at a time, beating after each addition.

Sift together all dry ingredients.

Mix dry and wet, alternating with milk. Add vanilla.

Pour into a 12 cup greased and floured tube or bundt pan.

Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour or until cake tests done.

by Pak101.com (few years ago!) / 1466 views