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by Mama Dip Serves 121/4 cup CRISCO all-vegetable shortening or 1/4 CRISCO stick 2 sticks butter, softened 3 cups sugar 5 eggs 3 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 cup cocoa 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 cup buttermilk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract Preheat oven to 350ºF. Cream Crisco, butter, and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition. Measure the flour and sift it together with the cocoa and baking powder. Sift again. Mix the buttermilk and vanilla together in a cup. Add to the creamed mixture, alternating with the dry ingredients, in thirds. Mix gently just until well blended. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch tube pan. Bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. From MAMA DIP'S KITCHEN by Mildred Council. Copyright ) 1999 by the University of North Carolina Press. Used by permission of the publisher and the author. Visit the publisher's website at www.uncpress.unc.edu. |
