3 cups sugar
5 eggs, 1 at a time
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups Crisco shortening
1 1/4 cups milk
1 Tbs. vanilla
Cream sugar and Crisco; add eggs, 1 at a time; add dry ingredients and milk and vanilla alternately. Bake 1 1/2 hours at 325* in a greased/floured pound cake pan. For a swirl of chocolate: Reserve 2 1/2 cups of batter, add 2 1/2 -3 Tbs. cocoa and blend well. Spoon in a ring on top of plain batter, then fold in with spatula.
5 eggs, 1 at a time
3 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 cups Crisco shortening
1 1/4 cups milk
1 Tbs. vanilla
Cream sugar and Crisco; add eggs, 1 at a time; add dry ingredients and milk and vanilla alternately. Bake 1 1/2 hours at 325* in a greased/floured pound cake pan. For a swirl of chocolate: Reserve 2 1/2 cups of batter, add 2 1/2 -3 Tbs. cocoa and blend well. Spoon in a ring on top of plain batter, then fold in with spatula.