Chocolate Pound Cake

Name: Chocolate Pound Cake
Ingredients: 8 milk chocolate bars without nuts (1.55 oz. each); 2 Tbsp. water; 1/2 c. butter or margarine; 4 eggs; 2 tsp. vanilla; 2 1/2 c. sifted cake flour; 1/2 tsp. salt; 1/4 tsp. baking soda; 1 c. buttermilk; 1/2 c. chopped pecans; 2 c. sugar

11 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

8 milk chocolate bars without nuts (1.55 oz. each)
2 Tbsp. water
1/2 c. butter or margarine
4 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. sifted cake flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking soda
1 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. chopped pecans
2 c. sugar

Directions

1

In a saucepan, melt chocolate with water over low heat. Mixture will begin to harden.
2

Cream butter and sugar.
3

Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
4

Blend in vanilla and chocolate mixture.
5

Stir together flour, salt and soda; add alternately with buttermilk to batter.
6

Fold in nuts, if desired. Pour into a greased and floured 10-inch pan (tube).
7

Bake at 325° for 1 1/2 hours or until cake tests done when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
8

Allow cake to stand 10 minutes before removing from the pan.
9

Cool on wire rack; sprinkle with powdered sugar.