MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.04 Title: Chocolate Pound Cake with Chocolate Frosting Categories: Dessert, Cakes, chocolate Yield: 1 x 10" cake 1 c Shortening 3 c Sugar 6 ea Eggs 2 2/3 c All-purpose flour 1/2 ts Baking powder 1/4 ts Salt 1/3 c Cocoa 1 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla extract Chocolate Frosting (optional MMMMM---------------------CHOCOLATE FROSTING-------------------------- 1 c Sugar 1/4 c Butter or margarine 1/3 c Evaporated milk 1/2 c Semisweet chocolate morsels 1/2 ts Vanilla extract Cream shortening; gradually add sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition. Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add to mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Mix until just blended after each addition. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake at 325F for 1 hour and 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean. Cool in pan 10 minutes; remove from pan, and let cool completely on a wire rack. Spread with Chocolate Frosting, if desired. Yield: one 10-inch cake. CHOCOLATE FROSTING: Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil, and boil 1 minute, stirring occasionally. Stir in chocolate morsels and vanilla. Beat with a wooden spoon about 3 minutes or to desired spreading consistency. Yield: 1-1/4 cups. 1990 "Southern Living". MMMMM