Recipe By : Hershey Kitchens
Serving Size : 12 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 c Butter -- softened
1 1/4 c Granulated sugar
4 Eggs
6 Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars
- (1.55 oz ea) -- melted
2 1/2 c All-purpose flour
1/4 ts Baking soda
1 ds Salt
1 c Buttermilk or sour milk *
1/2 c Hershey's syrup
2 ts Vanilla extract
1 c Pecans -- chopped
Powdered sugar (optional)
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 10" 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.
Yield: 12 Servings
* To sour milk: Use 1 tb white vinegar plus milk to equal 1 cup.
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