Chocolate Pound Cake

Grease a tube pan (as in an angel food cake pan) or two bread pans. 

1 cup margarine (2 sticks)

1/2 cup Crisco

3 cups sugar

Mix the above in large bowl, then add:

5 eggs, one at a time, cream well, and

1 cup milk. 

Sift together, then stir into the creamed sugar mixture . . .

:

3 cups flour

1/2 tsp. salt

1/2 tsp. baking powder

4T. (or 1/4 cup) cocoa

Finally, add . . .

1 tsp. vanilla extract 

Pour into prepared baking pan(s).  Bake at 325 degrees approximately 1 1/2 hours.   Allow cake to cool completely, then frost with your favorite icing, or sauce.  You ought to like this fabulous, easy, won't stick to waxed-paper-for-lunchboxes recipe for the frosting.

SUPERB, EASY CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Melt in a medium saucepan, stirring often

 . . .

1 stick margarine

2 squares chocolate

After cooling a bit, alternately stir in (an electric mixer is good) . . .

1 box powdered sugar (or more, you will reach the correct consistency only by trial and error) and

5 TBS. milk (or more, see above advice)

That's it; this is a wonderful frosting, sets up quickly.  If too thin, add more powdered sugar, if too thick, add more milk.  You'll love it.