Chocolate Pound Cake with Fudge Glaze

• Preheat oven to 325. Grease and flour bundt pan and set aside.
• Cream butter in a large mixing bowl. Add sugar and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
  1 1/2 cups butter,3 cups sugar,5 eggs
• In a separate bowl, stir together the flour, cocoa, and baking powder. Measure milk and stir vanilla into it. Add milk and flour mixture alternately to the cake batter in the mixing bowl, mixing after each addition.
  1/2 cup cocoa,1/2 teaspoon baking powder,3 cups all-purpose flour,1 cup milk,3 teaspoons vanilla extract
• Pour cake mix into the prepared pan and bake for one hour and 20 minutes. Let the chocolate cake cool for 10 minutes before removing it from the pan and allowing it to cool completely before adding glaze.

Fudge Glaze:

• For the glaze, combine the sugar, cocoa, milk, shortening, margarine, and salt in a heavy saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Once it reaches a rolling boil, allow it to boil without stirring for two minutes. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Stir until cooled just slightly.
  1 1/2 cups sugar,7 tablespoons whole milk,1/4 teaspoon salt,2 tablespoons shortening,2 tablespoons butter,1/2 cup cocoa,1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Spoon over the cooled cake.