Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 tablespoons cocoa powder (like hershey's)
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 1/2 cups butter (three sticks, do not use margarine)
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 12 ounces chocolate chips, see note
• 1 cup nuts, chopped, see note

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a tube or bundt pan.
• 3 sift together flour,salt,cocoa,and baking soda; set aside.
• 4 cream butter and sugar together with a mixer for three minutes.
• 5 add eggs, one at a time; beat well after each addition, then add the vanilla.
• 6 a little at a time, add sifted dry ingredients, alternating with buttermilk.
• 7 stir in chips and nuts.
• 8 pour into prepared pan and bake for 1 hour and test for doneness.
• 9 remove from oven, let stand for 10 minutes, then invert pan to remove.
• 10 note: put chips and nuts in a small bag and shake with 1 t. flour so they won't sink to the bottom of the cake.