Chocolate Pound Cake With Butter Cream Frosting

I collect recipes for Pound Cake. It's always been one of my favorite cakes. My family used to purchase a particular Pound Cake locally that was the best I've ever had -- so light and fluffy yet typically dense and very lemony. I've never been able to replicate it but have some great recipes for them nonetheless.


1 c Butter; softened
1/2 c Margarine; softened
3 c Sugar
5 Eggs
3 c All-purpose flour
1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/2 c Cocoa
1 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla extract

Butter Cream Frosting

3/4 c Margarine; softened
3 oz Cream cheese; softened
pn Salt
16 oz Powdered sugar; plus
1/2 c Powdered sugar
1/4 c Milk; to 1/2 cup
1 ts Vanilla extract

Cream butter and margarine until smooth; add sugar and beat until
light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each
addition.

Combine dry ingredients, and add to creamed mixture alternatly with
milk and vanilla. spoon batter into a well-greased 10 inch tube pan
or Bundt pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes; reduce heat to 200
degrees and bake an additional 35 to 40 minutes.

Cool; spread with Butter Cream Frosting, and decorate as desired.

Butter Cream Frosting:
Cream margarine and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add salt and
sugar, a small amount at a time, beating until smooth. Slowly beat in
just enough milk to make mixture spreadable; add vanilla.

Thanks for this I was just about to ask about a chocolate cake recipe!