Chocolate Truffle Pound Cake Mix in a Jar

3 cups granulated sugar
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup cocoa powder

Mix well together and put into a decorative airtight jar.

Attach the following instructions on a gift tag:

Chocolate Truffle Pound Cake

3/4 cup butter, softened
5 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Contents of jar

Heat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter an 8- to 9-cup Bundt pan.

Cream butter until it is smooth. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add milk and vanilla extract, beating until thoroughly blended. Add contents of jar and beat 3 minutes until smooth. Pour into prepared pan and bake 1 hour and 5 minutes, or until a wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool 25 minutes in pan, remove from pan and finish cooling on rack.