Chocolate Pound Cake

1/2 lb. butter or margarine
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
3 cups cake flour
3 cups sugar
1 cup milk
4 heaping tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
5 large eggs

Cream sugar, shortening and butter. Add eggs one at a time. Sift flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder, add alternately with milk. Add vanilla.

Bake 1 hr. 20 min at 350 F.

May add 1 to 2 cups nuts (roll nuts in flour) if desired.

Frost with Cocoa Powder Icing.