Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 5 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter, softened (no substitutes)
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 cups sour cream
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (12oz.)
• 1/4 cup chocolate chips
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 cream butter and sugar; add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 beat in vanilla.
• 4 combine flour, baking powder and baking soda; add to creamed mixture alternately with sour cream.
• 5 fold in chocolate chips.
• 6 pour into a greased and floured 10" tube pan.
• 7 bake at 350 degrees for 60-65 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
• 8 cool for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool completely.
• 9 glaze: in a saucepan over low heat melt chocolate chips and butter.
• 10 remove from heat and whisk in powdered sugar, milk and vanilla until smooth.
• 11 working quickly, drizzle over cooled cake.