…and still no new mixer… So I made this by hand. I used Paula Deen’s pound cake recipe, and added my fall twist on it. Her Ingredients are: 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, plus more for pan   1/2 cup vegetable shortening   3 cups sugar   5 eggs   3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pan   1/2 teaspoon fine salt   1/2 teaspoon baking powder   1 cup milk   1 teaspoon vanilla extract I used margarine instead of butter. You will also need 4T cocoa powder and 1T gingerbread spice (i make mine from cinnamon, ground ginger, allspice, nutmeg, ground cloves, in big batches, about 1/2…