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Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
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Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 c Butter or margarine
-- softened
1 1/4 c Granulated sugar
4 Eggs
6 Hershey's Milk Chocolate
-Bars (1.55 oz. each)
-- melted
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/4 ts Baking soda
1 d Salt
1 c Buttermilk or sour milk*
1/2 c Hershey's Syrup
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Chopped pecans
Powdered sugar (optional)
Heat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour 10-inch tube pan
or 12-cup fluted tube pan. In large mixer bowl, beat butter until
creamy; gradually add granulated sugar, beating on medium speed of
electric mixer until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well
after each addition. Add chocolate; beat until blended. Stir together
flour, baking soda and salt; add to chocolate mixture alternately with
buttermilk, beating until blended. Add syrup and vanilla; beat until
blended. Stir in pecans. Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake 1 hour and
15 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out
clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to wire rack. Cool completely.
Sift powdered sugar over top, if desired. 12 to 16 servings.
* To sour milk: Use 1 tablespoon white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.
Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.
