Buttermilk Chocolate Pound Cake

• 1 c. solid all vegetable shortening
• 2 c. sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 tsp. vanilla extract
• 3 c. self-rising flour
• 1 c. buttermilk
• 4 (1 oz.) sq. unsweetened chocolate, melted

1. In
2. large bowl beat shortening until creamy.
3. Gradually add sugar,
4. beating until mixed well.
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
6. Blend in vanilla.
7. Sift flour.
8. Add in
9. thirds totugar-egg
10. mixture alternately with buttermilk (begin and
11. end with
12. flour).
13. On low speed add melted chocolate,tixingtntil well
14. blended.
15. Pour
16. batter evenly into greased 10-inch tube pan or large Bundt pan.
17. Bake for about 1 1/2 hours
18. or
19. untiltake tester inserted in center comes out clean at
20. 300u0b0.
21. Cool
22. for
23. 10 minutes on rack in pan.
24. Invert cake on
25. rack
26. to cool completely. Frost if desired with Dark Chocolate Frosting recipe.

vegetable shortening, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, buttermilk, unsweetened chocolate

Taken from www.cookbooks.com/Recipe-Details.aspx?id=630628 (may not work)