Grandma Micki's Dark Chocolate Pound Cake

Ingredients

• 3 cups all purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 cup dutch processed cocoa powder (I use Hershey's Cocoa Special Dark)
• 1/4 tsp salt

• 1 1/2 cups butter (softened)
• 3 cups sugar
• 5 large eggs
• 1 1/4 cups milk

• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Directions

1. Do not preheat oven.
2. Grease & flour bundt pan.
3. Sift flour, baking powder, cocoa, and salt together. Set aside.
4. Beat butter & sugar on low speed until fluffy. (8-9 minutes)
5. Beat in eggs, one at a time. Mix well after each.
6. Mix in milk.
7. Gradually mix in dry ingredients.
8. Beat in vanilla.
9. Pour into pan and back at 325 degrees for 1 hour 20 minutes.
10. Allow cake to cool in pan for 1 hour before removal.
11. Cool 3 more hours before serving.

It is very important to follow all the directions and measurements exactly!