The Bag Lady's Favorite Chocolate Pound Cake
Recipe from: The Lady & Sons Just Desserts
by Paula H. Deen
In the early days of The Bag Lady, this cake was definitely one of those foods
on the top of my customers' love list. I made sure that I baked and served it at
least once a week. I hope you love it too. This cake freezes very well and is a
great treat to have on hand for unexpected or drop-in company. Die-hard
chocoholics might want to just throw on their favorite chocolate icing.
Servings: 16
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, softened
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease and flour a 10-inch Bundt pan.
Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder, salt, and cocoa and set aside.
Using an electric mixer, cream together butter, shortening, and sugar until
fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and mix well after each addition. Add flour and
buttermilk alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add
vanilla and mix well.
Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 1 3/4 hours, or until cake is done.
Remove from oven and allow cake to cool in pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto cake
plate and serve.