CHOCOLATE POUND CAKE AND CHOCOLATE ICING Recipe

CAKE: Cream sugar and Crisco. Add salt and baking powder. Add vanilla and mix. Add cocoa. While mixing, add 2 eggs, 1 cup flour, and part of milk. Mix and add 2 more eggs and another cup of flour and part of milk. Then mix and add the last egg and 1 cup of flour and the rest of the milk. Beat thoroughly. Bake in a tube pan at 325° for 1 1/2 hours. ICING: Cream butter. Add all the other ingredients and beat thoroughly. Add a little milk, if necessary. Spread on cake. Sprinkle chopped pecans over top of cake if desired.