Moms Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate icing

If you love Chocolate, you are going to love this cake. My mom gets so many comments about this cake. She made it for our reunion, so I wanted to share it with all of you...


2 sticks butter
1/2 cup crisco
3 cups sugar
5 eggs
3 cups cake flour sifted
1/2 teas. baking powder
1/2 salt
1 cup milk
1 teas.vanilla and butter flavoring
4 tablespoon cocoa

Cream butter,crisco and sugar together. add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each one, Add flour and baking powder in a small bowl. Pour lemon, vanilla and butter flavoring together with milk. Add flour mixture and milk mixture alternating in between..Grease a tube pan and flour. Bake 350 for 1 hour until tooth pick comes out clean.

Chocolate Icing

4 cups confectinoary sugar sifter
1 stick butter softened
1/2 cup crisco
1 teas vanilla and butter flavoring
3/4 cup cocoa

Mix all ingredients together until smooth and creamy. If the icing is a little stiff add a teaspoon milk until spreadable. Keep cake in a cool place..